Mackay
Americannoun
noun
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The normally flint-faced STV reporter Colin Mackay caught the mood when he summed up another exhausting day of revelations on the nightly news broadcast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Shrewdly, Mackay wrote, the stock operator in that case pocketed the cash and fled the country the next day.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Defending, Nicholas Cartmell said Mackay had no previous convictions and a clean driving record.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Mackay, of Laneham Close, Bessacarr, was also disqualified from driving for a year and must take an extended retest to regain her licence.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Captain Mackay said to us, “Do not speak.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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