stirrup

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Norwegian owns Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas, one of the biggest private islands in the industry, but industry-watchers say its development plans have been slow-going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Ex-armed forces chief Lord Stirrup said allies should be excluded from the deportation scheme, such as the Afghans who supported UK military operations against the Taliban.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

David Stirrup, professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies at the University of Kent, said the branding, adopted along with the nickname in 1999, had “absolutely nothing to do” with either Exeter or Britain.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022

Last month, Ms. Stirrup expanded her case to include the suspension of the boards overseeing West Point and the Naval Academy.

From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2021

"The Stirrup Cup" is one of the simplest of these allegories.

From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph