mule

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The proposal to further strengthen the detection of mule accounts by limiting credits and enhancing due diligence , could also be effective, but will be resource-intensive and costly.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The return voyage lasted as long as a year, with cargo then transported across Mexico by mule before heading to Spain, completing a trade loop between the old and new worlds.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Thomas Jefferson, who owned a mule named “Dr. Slop,” mimicked Sterne’s style in friendly correspondence, and was among the many readers who liked to deploy the descriptor “Shandean.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

“The thing that we have to do before any of this is feasible at scale is to remove the mule deer,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

“He’s a billy goat. They’re stubborn sometimes. But I’m a bigger mule than he is. Have as much water as you like. We can refill it on the way, when we get to ojito verde.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall