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Recent Examples of alley catThat also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 30 July 2025 To this day, the meanest alley cat in London testifies to the eternal return of cat life.—Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 There are housecats and alley cats, Brawley said, and then there are tigers and lions.—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025 The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024 Like Selina Kyle being nibbled into Catwoman by her alley cats, Doug’s origin story involves a nurturing puppy pile and a preternatural ability to communicate with the army of mutts who, hilariously, do his bidding like henchmen in a gangster movie.—Jen Yamato, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024 The cats have to find their way back home to Paris with the help of a musically-inclined alley cat.—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023 There is a genuine pathos in the vision of a man who has achieved power but remains unreconciled to himself, who soothes his way past his own rages and agonies by listening to the song of a homeless alley cat.—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
Using towels and a garden hose fitted with a piece of wood, the rescuers guided the frightened kitten through the winding pipes.
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Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Not far from where the 13th panther of this year was found dead, two panther kittens were spotted with their mother in Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, McClatchy News reported in July.
Little truck, big dreams The high lift kits drew a lot of attention, but the lowrider trucks were just as stylish.
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Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Take advantage of the deal, grab your roomies, and head to Costco to stock up on tailgating snacks, frozen entrees, salad kits, customer favorites, and sharing-sized chips, cookies, and cereal.
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