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Recent Examples of mouser
Bishop herself appears in the belly of an especially large robot that very vaguely resembles a mouser with arms and feels a lot like a hint at Krang, the evil brain from Dimension X that terrorized the Turtles in the 1987 cartoon series.
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 June 2024
Aoshima, after all, hadn’t always been a cat island; once, it had been populated mostly by people, fishermen, who brought the cats over to work as mousers.
—Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Though cats had been employed as chief mousers for centuries, Larry was the first to be given the official title.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
This cat, the man remarks, may make a good mouser.
—Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
Koudounaris learned of an army tomcat named the Colonel, for example, who was stationed at San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1890s and was said to be the best mouser the army ever had.
—Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office.
—Washington Post, 24 July 2019
As mousers, cats earn their keep guarding the sacks of grain that are essential to distilleries and breweries.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control Team established the program about four years ago to place unadoptable cats — the biters and the skittish, the swatters and the ones who won’t use a litter box — into jobs as mousers at barns or stables.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017
Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 June 2024
Aoshima, after all, hadn’t always been a cat island; once, it had been populated mostly by people, fishermen, who brought the cats over to work as mousers.
—Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Though cats had been employed as chief mousers for centuries, Larry was the first to be given the official title.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023
This cat, the man remarks, may make a good mouser.
—Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
Koudounaris learned of an army tomcat named the Colonel, for example, who was stationed at San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1890s and was said to be the best mouser the army ever had.
—Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office.
—Washington Post, 24 July 2019
As mousers, cats earn their keep guarding the sacks of grain that are essential to distilleries and breweries.
—Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control Team established the program about four years ago to place unadoptable cats — the biters and the skittish, the swatters and the ones who won’t use a litter box — into jobs as mousers at barns or stables.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouser
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Thank you for caring for that beautiful little kitty.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Survivors include her sister, Diana; her brother-in-law, Philip; and her beloved kitty, Nala.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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Nintendo may be close to officially revealing the Switch 2, but third-party manufacturers have already let the cat out of the bag.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Months later, the USDA official returned with more suggestions to contain the cats, including hiring a night watchman for the cats, reducing the number of cats, or increasing the height of the historic brick wall that surrounds the museum.Jeff Kottkamp, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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As the kitten stands in her way, Lulu jumps over him, with a smooth move that got users in the comments comparing her to a bunny.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Visitors can cuddle and play with up to 30 cats and kittens for an hour.Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
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The pussycat bow blouse, which was popularized in the 1970s among professional women, is a feminine version of a traditional tie.Therèsa M. Winge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
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Sapphira’s outfit is the wrong color, but her literal pussycat wig is funny.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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There have been no human cases of bird flu associated with house cats, L.A. officials said.Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Bill Clinton Was Treated At A Hospital For The Flu Mistaking the flu for a common cold can be like mistaking a lion for a house cat.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Mouser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouser. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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