Thesaurus results for MOUSING

mousing

verb

present participle of mouse

as in sneaking

to move about in a sly or secret manner a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden

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The fact that each tally mark was a dollar in the band’s pocket, and that sneaking in was essentially stealing money from them, also didn’t faze us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Acknowledge your child’s feelings, then follow through with your goodbye instead of sneaking away.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneaking

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But for Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), the local personalities pale in comparison to the evils lurking beneath the cursed island’s surface.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
The thinking was that app permissions are so granular that malware lurking on the device would have no ability to access the private keys that form the lynchpin of passkey security.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of lurking

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These guys might do much of the unglamorous work that goes unnoticed, breaking up play, playing short passes and sliding across into position to snuff out counter-attacks, but their role is highly valued in the transfer market.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
An Intensity Slider – a simple sliding bar adjustment for controlling the depth, vibrancy, brightness and contrast of the TV’s pictures to compensate for viewing angles, onscreen reflections and simply different viewing tastes.

— John Archer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sliding

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The blockbuster pop release climbs on five of those six rankings, slipping only on the Official Albums Streaming tally.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
More drones and missiles are slipping through both sides’ fraying air defenses, meaning that the civilian death toll has increased, and more critical infrastructure is being damaged.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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