lost and found
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Cash, credit cards, and doctor’s office cards — it would have been easy to leave it with the driver or at a random lost and found.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025
Her absence became a punchline at the 2016 Emmy Awards when host Jimmy Kimmel swiped her supporting actress trophy, saying they wouldn’t mail it but that she could get it at the lost and found.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
In Sweeney's case, the prosecution told the court the Facebook group she posted in usually carries items about local events and lost and found items, and has just over 5000 members.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024
Zoe Kurland: And today, we throw our hat in the ring with the story of Eunice: how the mother of the greenhouse gas effect got lost and found.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023
“It’s because of me. Yesterday when they made me wear that gross sweatshirt from the lost and found? I told them I had never even heard of their stupid dress code.”
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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