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Recent Examples of mouse
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
Pascal the chameleon from Tangled, Max the dog from The Little Mermaid, and Perla the mouse from Cinderella.
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Anja Webb,
Parents,
24 June 2026
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming.
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Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This was a mouse study using a purified research-grade form of phytic acid, not the kind on your dinner plate.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
Pascal the chameleon from Tangled, Max the dog from The Little Mermaid, and Perla the mouse from Cinderella.
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Anja Webb,
Parents,
24 June 2026
Verb
Meanwhile, Arakawa's death at 65 is attributed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease usually contracted from exposure to mouse droppings that affects the lungs.
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Shania Russell,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming.
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Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
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Fishback showed up at a Donalds campaign event in Lake City on Saturday with a bunch of supporters, shouting through a bullhorn that Donalds was a coward for not debating him and telling him to go back to New York, a reference to Donalds’ childhood in Brooklyn.
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Tyland may have gotten Triarchy pirate Admiral Sharako Lohar on Team Green’s side, but at his core this man is a coward.
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The pair's characters met in the season 5 premiere in 2008 after Owen, an Army trauma surgeon fresh from Iraq, dramatically rescued Cristina following a freak icicle accident outside Seattle Grace Hospital.
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On April 12, the Toronto Raptors transformed Drake’s usual courtside seats into a frozen display — complete with faux ice and icicles — in what appeared to be a not-so-subtle promotion for his upcoming album, Iceman.
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Argentina won the last World Cup after losing its opener to lowly Saudi Arabia, Portugal won Euro 2016 after sneaking into the knockouts following three draws in the group stage and Spain won the 2010 World Cup after losing its opening match to Switzerland.
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Steer snuck a slow roller under the glove of the second baseman Chisholm, and as Steer surged to second, José Caballero — who moved from left field to center field an inning earlier — came up throwing.
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Supporters of the Republican candidate, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, portray Democrats as wusses, cucks, soy boys who don’t follow sports.
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Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
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Auctioneers say the unending fascination with the Titanic — which sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Europe to New York, killing more than 1,500 people — and the rarity of artifacts adds up to high demand and exorbitant prices.
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Auctioneers say the unending fascination with the Titanic - which sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Europe to New York, killing more than 1,500 people - and the rarity of artifacts adds up to high demand and exorbitant prices.
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For Lestat, embracing the loneliness has an immediate reaction on the muses lurking in the crowds at his show.
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Jamon has left the past behind, but danger still lurks.
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And Benjamin Cole is a likable milquetoast as Sarah’s original boyfriend, Chris.
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By all accounts, being a milquetoast is a sort of vice—cowardice masquerading as prudence.
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Ranging into right field, Pages tracked down a line drive off Tyler Ward’s bat and made a sliding catch for the first out of the third inning.
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The 18-year-old forward slid in at the far post to touch home a low cross for the opening goal and became the eighth-youngest scorer in World Cup history.
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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouse. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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