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Recent Examples of mailersThe state party said the mailers were specific to the runoff election, and that an additional mailer has been sent to voters with a primary ballot application.—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2026
The instructions even say that while packages are X-rayed, greeting cards and postcards are not, which is why the journalist chose to embed the tracker in a postcard.
Prosecutors said Graves' body was partially wrapped in black garbage bags secured with duct tape, then rolled up in a rug alongside blankets, bags, pieces of mails, various items of clothing and trash.
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Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
Tyler has been embedded in the treasurer’s office, which calculates and mails out property tax bills, for years.
The pamphlet published five pro-Franco missives; sixteen authors declared neutrality.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Often letters to the editor are scathing missives reflecting one’s political beliefs or unhappiness with a segment of society – the wealthy, the IRS, the insurance companies, law enforcement, etc.
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Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
Media outlets deploy squads of writers, videographers and social editors to produce a steady stream of clips and dispatches, the kind of coverage that now determines their relevance as much as their reporting.
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Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
That might mean a deeper look at a single story that’s easy to miss in the daily churn, perspective on how the weather is changing or dispatches from my colleagues around the world.