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as in coward
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as in icicle
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Recent Examples of mouse
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Her accessories—keyboard, mouse, controllers—are tucked away into neat cubbies.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Time, 12 June 2023
Researchers sifted through more than 13,000 potential candidate molecules to find one, called 6bK, that bound to mouse IDE in a test tube.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2014
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Noun
The mice that had never been obese gained an average of 5 grams, while the previously obese mice gained an average of 14 grams, writes New Scientist’s Carissa Wong.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Her accessories—keyboard, mouse, controllers—are tucked away into neat cubbies.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
For now, voters mousing over to rival campaign websites won’t see nearly as many policy positions to contrast with those of the former President.
—Time, 12 June 2023
Researchers sifted through more than 13,000 potential candidate molecules to find one, called 6bK, that bound to mouse IDE in a test tube.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2014
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William quickly places Ian under arrest for assaulting an officer, as Rachel calls him a coward.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) Bob Hope didn’t so much play characters as variations on the Bob Hope persona, a wisecracking coward with a tendency to get in way over his head then make matters worse for himself.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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The two-act ballet is set to Tchaikovsky's famous score, but the kids, dressed in everything from icicles to walking walnuts, steal the show.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
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Wendt is just punching the clock in Santa Buddies, which is fair, because its internal mythology, which revolves around a magic icicle that melts whenever kids stop believing in Santa — an interesting spin on climate change, to be sure — is exhausting.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Dali stowed away in the airplane's lavatory According to a criminal complaint filed on Dec. 5, Dali reportedly snuck aboard Delta Air Lines flight 264 at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport bound for Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Nov. 26.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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That might be a welcome reprieve for those of us who are usually glum during the holidays (just me?), but the blues can sneak up on anyone.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
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This type of ice has formed under immense pressure over the years, contributing to the iceberg's striking appearance.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Get The Recipe Honestly, that's just the tip of my holiday cooking iceberg.Josh Miller, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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In the clip of the cobra's removal, Rossouw lifts the pillow the venomous snake is hiding under to show viewers that the reptile is lurking under the bed covers.Kelli Bender, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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And the same goes for the giant clown animatronics lurking under staircases, the big-screen animations of a bloody sack and an ax-carrying Santa walking through a snowy forest, and the ghostly pirate statues set up inside the empty basement pool, writes Piet Levy.Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
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At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes.Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
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Yip says features and design elements, everything like a pocket placement to how a jacket may work with gloves—or even how smooth or stiff the zipper sliding action is—is all under consideration when designing.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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For example, if your rear wheels are sliding to the left, turn the wheel to the left.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2024
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Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
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Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022
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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouse. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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