collection box
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It has prompted an appeal for non-perishable food donations, with a collection box has been placed at Penn Hospital.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
The animals were captured using specially-designed traps filled with soft bedding and food, including oats, peanut butter, and Marmite -- which they find particularly delicious -- before being transferred to a footprint collection box.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2026
“Perforated lung” reads the sign on one collection box.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023
When a collection box is removed in a wealthy suburb, residents have the time and resources to push back, said the carrier, who is Black.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2020
Why don’tcha drop a quarter in his collection box? 5TH JUROR: NOW wait a minute.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
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