Mountie
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
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
It has been used in hundreds of cold cases across Canada, with a 95 percent success rate in securing convictions, according to the Mounties.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
At a state dinner that year in Biden’s honor, he gave a toast noting that his first wife’s family was from Toronto and said his sons grew up wanting to be Mounties.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
The next morning, after she reported for duty with the Mounties, she heard the news.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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