How to Use letter carrier in a Sentence
letter carrier
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The back is tall enough for a letter carrier to stand in.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021
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Trinh worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, and a light blue work shirt was placed over the bike.
—Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 21 Apr. 2018
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An unknown male walked up to a letter carrier and shot him in the lower body, then fled.
—Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020
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This comes after the death of a Texas letter carrier who died June 20 in near triple-digit heat.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 28 June 2023
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Diaz started at the postal service as a letter carrier in 1996 in the Bronx.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
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One of her daughters, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, was asleep on her couch as the storm approached.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
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Dozens of neighbors gathered on the street to watch the fire, which didn’t stop a letter carrier from making his rounds in the 2500 block of Dumaine.
—Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 8 Dec. 2020
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Guardsmen bring in the mail, along with a letter carrier to deliver it.
—New York Times, 6 May 2022
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On this day, the 42-year-old letter carrier made one little boy very happy.
—Fox News, 27 Nov. 2020
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As for letter carriers who go door to door, new rules are quickly taking hold.
—Sam Dolnick, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2020
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Mining the same theme is a Postal Babe letter carrier costume.
—Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2020
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Thieves have robbed letter carriers for the keys to steal mail from secure mail receptacles, the USPS says.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
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To mail your ballot back, just put it in the mail like any other envelope, hand it to your letter carrier or take it to a post office.
—Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
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As the letter carrier put their hands in the air, officials said, Demosthene and Lewis allegedly pulled on the chain attached to the key.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
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The key was stolen from a letter carrier in Everman on Sept. 20, according to the release.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
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Camden retired after 40 years as a letter carrier – a job that was once a ticket to the middle class.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2020
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Also, in areas where a letter carrier would just walk across front lawns, they were now forced to go up and down every driveway.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
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Each year, more than 6,000 letter carriers will be victims of dog attacks.
—Matt Campbell, kansascity, 26 June 2018
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And in Milwaukee, a letter carrier was killed on Dec. 9.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
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Stanley Groth, a retired letter carrier who lives in New Castle, Wyoming, came in third.
—John Dorfman, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
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The union steward who spoke with the Tribune said working as a letter carrier connects you with the community in a unique way.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
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Deposit the mail pouch visibly in or near your mailbox for pick up by the U.S. Postal Service letter carrier.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
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Brennan has spent her career at the Postal Service, starting 32 years ago as a letter carrier.
—The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 18 May 2018
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James took a job as a letter carrier after the war, and worked his way up to customer service director for Queens’ postal complex.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2021
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Enter Email Sign Up The spike in postal carrier robberies has put letter carriers on edge.
—David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
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Soon after the sweltering summer heat got to Rich Dyer, a letter carrier in St. George, the weather started to cool down a smidge.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
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Perez, a volunteer with MoveOn.org, said she was prompted to protest on behalf of her husband, a letter carrier.
—Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2020
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Her home office was thereafter piled high with reports and agendas hauled up the hill on foot by Ed, the neighborhood letter carrier.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021
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The letter carrier suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
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Most people know roughly when their letter carrier arrives each day, so secure your dog inside the house, behind a fence or on a lease beforehand to minimize the potential danger, the USPS advised.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 June 2024
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