mouser

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Recent Examples of mouser At this point, Larry the cat, the Downing Street chief mouser, may be one of the country's few remaining sources of political continuity. Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026 The Kelce family may soon be growing again, but this time with a fur baby, particularly a mouser cat. Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Snakes, such as garter snakes and thread snakes, eat snails, ant larvae, and other invertebrates, while gopher snakes, rat snakes, and other larger snakes are excellent mousers and will even take packrats, Amarello says. Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 May 2026 Bishop herself appears in the belly of an especially large robot that very vaguely resembles a mouser with arms and feels a lot like a hint at Krang, the evil brain from Dimension X that terrorized the Turtles in the 1987 cartoon series. Wes Davis, The Verge, 9 June 2024 Aoshima, after all, hadn’t always been a cat island; once, it had been populated mostly by people, fishermen, who brought the cats over to work as mousers. Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023 Though cats had been employed as chief mousers for centuries, Larry was the first to be given the official title. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2023 Koudounaris learned of an army tomcat named the Colonel, for example, who was stationed at San Francisco’s Presidio in the 1890s and was said to be the best mouser the army ever had. Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020 The 12-year-old tabby is the government’s official chief mouser to the Cabinet Office. Washington Post, 24 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouser
Noun
  • All of these things can hurt or kill your kitty, so to keep them around longer, keep them inside.
    Tanya Edwards, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • What started as posting photos of her adorable kitty became a full-time career.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In animals that have litters, such as rodents, dogs, cats, pigs and kangaroos, a dead fetus will be reabsorbed by the mother’s body to protect the rest of her offspring.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • After receiving medical exams, the cats, including several pregnant cats and kittens, were taken to an ASPCA recovery facility in Ohio, where they’ll be cared for and put up for adoption.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Another popular draw at the Produce Stand is Lilly the Barn Cat; children and adults make a point to seek out the friendly feline.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Greenhough shared that his late wife Paula had obtained Millie in 1995 when the feline was just 3 months old.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Summer is usually the busiest season for shelters, officials said, as more stray animals, owner surrenders and vulnerable kittens arrive.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Atlanta News First reported that Tobon Henao allegedly threw the kittens from her minivan while driving in the city of Brookhaven, citing local police.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
  • Democracy is a tiger, not a pussycat.
    Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Will Huebner / Santa Barbara Zoo Red pandas, which are a little larger than a house cat, are considered endangered, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
    Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 July 2026
  • The creature, smaller than a house cat and uniquely round, waddled across a patch of grass before climbing a staircase and disappearing over a fence.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Soon a second cat show was organized, this time permitting working men and women to enter their moggies for display.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Trucker reunited with cat A US trucker was reunited with his cat after the moggy fled from his vehicle during a pit stop at a truck stop in Nevada.
    Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 9 Jan. 2024

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“Mouser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouser. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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