Mountie
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He said, "U.S. searches for 'move to Canada' increased by 1,270% making this a perfect time to debut my new reality show, 'Who Wants to Marry a Mountie?"
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2024
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a news release that retired Mountie William Majcher is accused of helping the Chinese government identify the person targeted in the intimidation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Not long after, I pause to retie the soaked laces of my left sneaker beneath a bronze statue of a Mountie and his horse.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2022
A Mountie has to mediate a land dispute between a railroad and French Canadian fur trappers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
Setting aside an ambition to be a Canadian Mountie, Woolf began race riding while in his mid-teens, apparently padding his age by a year.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The bar for excellence at Mount SAC is set high, but once White put on his pads and began practicing with the Mounties during preseason camp, Jastrab realized what he had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
The Mounties warn that they’ll be arrested if they take one more step.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Appointed in 2018, she was the first woman to head the force popularly known as the Mounties.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023
Tyler Shandro, the province’s justice minister, declared the buyback was not “an objective, priority or goal” of the province or its Mounties.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
The Lim trial was beginning, and the Mounties needed results.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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