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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
Noun
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An overseas import, especially a younger centre-back, may require more time to acclimatise, but their potential for improvement may be significant, and their price tag significantly cheaper, allowing the transfer kitty to be spread wider.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The video presentations wrapped with the image of a kitty purring, perhaps an homage to the MGM lion roaring at the end of many movies.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Orange County Register,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Several multistate recalls of pet food for bird flu contamination have been announced by health authorities in recent months, after cats and other animals were sickened.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2025
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One recounted her survivalist ex’s extreme frugality like using Entenmann’s pie plates for hub caps or bringing cats into the house to heat up the place.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Play time is very important for felines, especially kittens, Pet MD explains.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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In early spring, bits of fluff appear along the branches of some willow shrubs, silvery gray and as soft to the touch as a kitten’s paw.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wind turbines can kill birds, but fewer than house cats and fossil fuels do.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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In recent weeks, at least three house cats died after eating raw foods contaminated with bird flu: one in Oregon fed raw turkey and two in California given raw milk.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Mouser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouser. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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