paper route

noun

US
: a job of delivering newspapers to the same places every day

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Filming began in May 1972 and took several years to complete, largely because of funding issues (the money came from a variety of sources, including grants, loans from Lynch’s father and friends, including Sissy Spacek, and even Lynch’s own paper route). Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025 Well, unbeknownst to the shooter at the time, there was a boy who had just completed his paper route. Mary Spicuzza, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2024

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“Paper route.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20route. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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