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Origin of mailbag
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Last week’s episode of Amicus included a mailbag special in which Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern answered listeners’ burning questions about the law.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Editor’s note: Columnist Charlie Garcia answers his virtual mailbag every Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025
Editor’s note: Columnist Charlie Garcia shares select emails from his virtual mailbag every Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
Those are questions tackled in our latest Seahawks Twitter/X mailbag with questions lightly edited for clarity.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
Franz swallowed it whole and shamelessly rummaged through the mailbag for more.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
The museum contains a model of the Soviet submarine as well as clothing, ash trays and mailbags created to maintain the cover of the Glomar.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2022
Arnold and his best friend in the Postal Service, Rob Receveur, both had served McLean for years, and this past week, both were celebrated as they hung up their mailbags.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2022
She slips something into one of the mailbags on the protagonist’s motorbike.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
We have been swinging our mailbags at them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
Then they will ride out of the ghetto with the mailbags and get dropped off during the route, somewhere close to the market, then make their way to Tatarska Street from there.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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