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Recent Examples of alley cat
That 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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alley cat
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Lisa Newton with Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue told WPVI that the nonprofit helped rescue kittens — who will soon be put up for adoption — after employees at a Lowe's in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, found the newborn felines on a high shelf at the store's garden center.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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With adoptions happening quickly, only one kitten remained as of the latest update.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The cabinets that hold the AEDs will also soon contain Narcan for opioid emergencies and Stop the Bleed kits.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Is your emergency kit prepared in case of a tornado?—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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But some of the stars were Tutti Frutti (German shepherd, adopted); Grapes (another German shepherd, adopted); Catfinated Beverage (orange tabby, adopted); Beep Beep (Australian cattle dog, adopted); Spatula (whippet, adopted); and Lawn Mower the French bulldog (adopted).—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Calico is an all-cotton fabric woven in plain, or tabby, weave and printed with simple designs in one or more colors.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Alley cat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alley%20cat. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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