moused

Definition of mousednext
past tense of mouse
as in lurked
to move about in a sly or secret manner a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden

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  • Others argue that the maze needs a minotaur, and point to a mysterious creature that has lurked within the Backrooms since the beginning.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • But beneath the smooth surface, major engineering problems have lurked since it was constructed in the 1920s.
    New York Times, New York Times, 31 May 2026
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  • Her initial thought was that the neighbor’s cat must have snuck into her yard.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • The children couldn’t make calls unmonitored, so Matthew snuck into payphones, a hoodie over his head, to pass information back to the fracturing cult, which still contained a few adult loyalists.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
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  • Oil prices rise, stocks fall over Hormuz deadlock Oil prices rose and stocks slipped on growing signs that the Strait of Hormuz was likely to remain all but shut for the foreseeable future.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 May 2026
  • Vaccination rates have slipped, and large, multistate outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases have inevitably come roaring back.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
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  • Brazier was on the other side of the gap and slid for a good enough touch to beat Prohaska.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • With the turf greased by his players, who had emptied their water bottles in anticipation, Glasner slid through the guard of honour on his belly to mimic his celebration after winning the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2022.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
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  • The truck driver crawled to the side of the road and the gunman fled.
    Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 26 May 2026
  • But Inglis kept losing partners to Punjab fast bowler Marco Jansen (2-33) and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (2-25) and Lucknow crawled to 196.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 May 2026
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  • That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Moused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moused. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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