Mountie
Americannoun
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Mounties
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noun
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Origin of 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
Rosenberg: The oath that a young man or woman would take to become a Mountie.
From MSNBC ● Oct. 23, 2019
By the middle of hard winter I thought I was Sergeant Preston—a Mountie on a radio show I had listened to as a child.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
“Tuition for junior college should be cheap, but with us being from out of state it costs more money,” said Zach Curry, a former defensive end for the Mounties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
Duheme formally took over as 25th head of Canada's national police force, popularly known as the Mounties, from Brenda Lucki.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2023
The Mounties have created a phone line to report any threats in Quebec.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Episode 7 of the new season of “The Crown” faithfully re-creates one striking outfit Diana was photographed in: tight black pants, a red puffer coat and her beloved Canadian Mounties baseball hat.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
The letters all came from the English alphabet, but the Mounties suspected the plaintext was in Chinese, probably in Cantonese dialect.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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