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Recent Examples of mouse
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
One solution to this slow cat-and-mouse game might be to incentivize investors to cap the wells, even if they were never involved with them in the past.
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Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming.
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Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Noun
It's been over 70 years since Strangers on a Train first captivated audiences, and the cat-and-mouse crime drama still remains one of Alfred Hitchcock's most celebrated titles.
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Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
One solution to this slow cat-and-mouse game might be to incentivize investors to cap the wells, even if they were never involved with them in the past.
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Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Verb
Meanwhile, Arakawa's death at 65 is attributed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease usually contracted from exposure to mouse droppings that affects the lungs.
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Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming.
—
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
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That’s the sign of a true coward.
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.
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The pair's characters met in the season 5 premiere in 2008 after Owen, an Army trauma surgeon fresh from Iraq, dramatically rescued Cristina following a freak icicle accident outside Seattle Grace Hospital.
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On April 12, the Toronto Raptors transformed Drake’s usual courtside seats into a frozen display — complete with faux ice and icicles — in what appeared to be a not-so-subtle promotion for his upcoming album, Iceman.
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Koorimannil managed to sneak out a screenshot from his computer that AP and security nonprofit C4ADS used to identify the key to his productivity — a software platform called Kongtian Intelligent Customer Acquisition, or KT for short.
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In just its fourth World Cup appearance, Norway has the chance to sneak into the Round of 16 for the third time.
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Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.
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Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
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From May through September, long daylight hours also leave more time for kayaking among icebergs, exploring lava fields, horseback riding, geothermal pools, farm stops and wildlife sightings, from puffins to Icelandic horses.
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Oakleaf Lettuce Loose-leaf lettuce like oak leaf lettuce tends to cost considerably more than head lettuce such as iceberg because their production, harvesting, and packaging is more involved.
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But the challenge has remained over the decades for popes that the threat of schism, or a rupture within the church, might lurk behind a preference for a more solemn liturgy.
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Mow regularly and trim your edges, since ticks lurk in tall grass and brush.
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And Benjamin Cole is a likable milquetoast as Sarah’s original boyfriend, Chris.
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By all accounts, being a milquetoast is a sort of vice—cowardice masquerading as prudence.
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Making his 60th major-league appearance as an outfielder, Brice Matthews made a wonderful read on Vierling’s 328-foot fly ball, used his 82nd-percentile sprint speed to get into the gap and made a sliding catch to preserve Houston’s chance at a fifth consecutive series victory.
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Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads.
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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouse. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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