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Recent Examples of mice
Particularly caring mice dads will groom their pups and even insulate them with their bellies against inclement weather.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
Stained clothing, furniture, and rugs, anything that smells musty or mildewy, and items stored in spaces with termite, bedbug, or mice infestations should be thrown away rather than donated.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
In our marketing, the Get-Ready Yeti and the gifting mice Lenny, Berry, and Merry have become breakout stars.
—Cara Sylvester, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
This year, scientists in China fed mice diets prepared on boards made of different plastic types.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Obese mice that were treated with the gene therapy, which Fractyl calls Rejuva, lost about 20% of their body weight within three weeks.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Shows promise in mice models The brain is metabolically demanding, depending on a complex vascular system to supply energy and remove waste.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
Stained clothing, furniture, and rugs, anything that smells musty or mildewy, and items stored in spaces with termite, bedbug, or mice infestations should be thrown away rather than donated.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
In our marketing, the Get-Ready Yeti and the gifting mice Lenny, Berry, and Merry have become breakout stars.
—Cara Sylvester, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
This year, scientists in China fed mice diets prepared on boards made of different plastic types.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Obese mice that were treated with the gene therapy, which Fractyl calls Rejuva, lost about 20% of their body weight within three weeks.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Shows promise in mice models The brain is metabolically demanding, depending on a complex vascular system to supply energy and remove waste.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mice
Noun
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And Trump calls ’em almost like cowards.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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Put beaks on the helmets, you cowards.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These areas should also be cleared of all snow and icicles throughout the entire winter season.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
20 Feb. 2026
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Shouldered by sandstone cliffs, these caves in Bayfield, Wisconsin, form when water—and, notably, waves—that would normally flow through the sandstone freezes instead, birthing icicles, columns, and curtains.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Over the course of his lifetime, the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier has retreated by about 40 kilometers (25 miles) said Karl Sandgreen, 46, the head of Ilulissat’s Icefjord Center which is dedicated to documenting the glacier and its icebergs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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The approach was tested using real satellite observations of icebergs calved from Petermann Glacier and other locations in north-west Greenland.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The species discovered include ancient relatives of worms, sponges and jellyfish.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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What Lived 512 Million Years Ago The species discovered include ancient relatives of worms, sponges and jellyfish.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Among his promises were government imports of 144,000 sheep and 46,000 cattle to make meat more accessible for Ramadan meals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Before the fire at Fine Oak Farms, the Animal Welfare Institute reported that other barn fires in Ohio this year killed 162 sheep, horses, cows, chickens, and other animals.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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The protagonist is a nine-year-old girl named Lamia (Baneen Ahmad Nayyef), who lives with her grandmother (Waheed Thabet Khreibat), in a mudhif, a house of twisted reeds, in Iraq’s southern marshlands.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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The hippos carve the winding channels of the Delta, breaking through blockages of reeds and water lilies and opening floodgates for the rain that flows down from Angola each year.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Mice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mice. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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