moused

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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Verb
  • The terrain was steep and mountainous, the forests were thick, and threats from buffalo and leopards lurked in the wilderness.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Was Blass’s mental block a sign of what lurked on the other side of these quotidian failures?
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • On the other hand, 14 different teams — including one who barely snuck into the preseason top-25 — received at least one Final Four nod.
    The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Then the third-year tailback snuck to the right and made the wide open grab in the flat.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Things took a comic turn as the Unitree G1 slipped while walking over food bits.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • They can be slipped on hoop earrings and two different types of chains.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The power management company slid 4% on lackluster third-quarter results .
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Lucas Paqueta equalised, Sven Botman slid the ball into his own net and then Tomas Soucek gilded the scoreline at the death and, through all of it, Newcastle were powerless.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Modern Wall Street has killed just about everything cool that walks or crawled at one time or another.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The van’s driver then crawled out of his vehicle’s window, crossed over a median and was instantly struck by a car speeding in the opposite direction, which was broadcast by the news helicopter following the chase.
    Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From there, two of the thieves slinked up the ladder to smash a window that leads to the Galerie d’Apollon on the museum’s second floor.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The team slunk out of Wrigley Field two games later facing the abyss.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Moused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moused. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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