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Recent Examples of moggySoon a second cat show was organized, this time permitting working men and women to enter their moggies for display.—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025 Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024 Diodorus Siculus, a Greek author who wrote in the first century A.D., recounts the tale of a Roman soldier who made the mistake of killing a sacred moggy in Egypt.—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2022
Yet only 13% of dogs and 7% of cats are registered, the March 18 report from the city’s internal audit department found.
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Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
Artificial corals can give deep-water marine life a place to live; cat sharks, for example, wrap necklace-like egg cases around any structure, natural or not, that sticks up from the seafloor.
What was meant to be a quiet end to an anniversary getaway turned into a heart-melting surprise for one couple—two kittens waiting patiently on their porch.
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Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
Featured in a photo gallery were some puppies and kittens dressed in clothes.
There is production design and a few props, but not to any overwhelming purpose, other than perhaps to suggest the house where a lady who loves rescue kitties might be thinking all these alternately independent and co-dependent thoughts about love and trust.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
In the video, the cat’s owner gently holds the kitty up to an open window as snow drifts inside.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026