we always give our faithful mail carrier a special card for Christmas
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Images of your friendly neighborhood mail carrier trundling along the roadside in a boxy white mailtruck or walking up to the door in striped federal blue are as American as apple pie, but in this 250th birthday year for the nation, not everyone gets to partake in this American experience.—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 After college, the native New Yorker worked as a mail carrier, and briefly a Hollywood development man.—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 The trio then drove to San Francisco to find a mail carrier to rob, prosecutors said.—Jason Green, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 In the inside part of the apartment building’s mailbox — accessible only to building management and mail carriers — law enforcement found notes indicating that mail should be delivered to Cynthia’s apartment for several of the pseudonyms used in the scheme, authorities said.—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mail carrier