mouses

present tense third-person singular of mouse
as in sneaks
to move about in a sly or secret manner a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden

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Verb
  • Kevin sneaks his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and gets up to his usual shenanigans in the building, which was owned in real life by Donald at the time, with Ivana serving as the property's president.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Think of it as your last line of defense against a fake invite that sneaks into your inbox.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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  • Beneath such moves often lurks a selfish desire to soothe increasing anxiety, unrest, and potentially even boredom.
    Kurt Strovink, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Behind a black iron gate, the door is marked with a wreath, and a cat sometimes lurks in the window.
    Lizzie Kane, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The district snakes through southeast Texas from the border near Hidalgo − through Pulido's native Edinburg − and northward up around Corpus Christi, where the Tejano singer Selena has her roots.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Wild Flint The Flint snakes down Georgia, a safe distance from I-85 and I-75, before joining the Chattahoochee River in Lake Seminole and cutting across the Florida Panhandle as the Apalachicola River.
    David Hanson, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Florence Pugh slips from Derby to Brooklyn and back again between projects.
    Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • New York now slips to 0-6 after another poor offensive outing – Fields had 45 passing yards while running back Breece Hall had 59 yards on the ground.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • Los Gatos slides in after beating Milpitas.
    Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Just tap your choice and the automatic lowering system slides your bread into the toaster slots.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Mouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouses. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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