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He turned pro in 1997 and joined the Mercuries Tigers.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2016

After nearly an hour, Peacock cut the twin Mercuries.

From Time Magazine Archive

These Mercuries appeared at different intervals, but none oftener than three times a week, and their price was generally one penny, but sometimes twopence.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

These Foreign Office Mercuries, who travel the whole globe at a pace only short of the telegraph, are wonderful fellows, and must of necessity be very variously endowed.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James

It is this which consecrated the books of their two Mercuries, and stamped them with a divine authority.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles