cat-and-mouse
Example Sentences
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It’s part of an elaborate cat-and-mouse game many colleges play to manage yield, or the share of admitted students who enroll.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
It’s a cat-and-mouse movie with some initiative, and even if that drive ultimately goes nowhere, the film at least manages to make its characters’ strength under duress believable.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
From perfectly spelled phishing emails to fake videos of government officials, artificial intelligence is changing the game for Interpol's cat-and-mouse fight against cybercrime at its high-tech war rooms in Singapore.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
Keeping up with students’ methods of cheating has always been a cat-and-mouse game for teachers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
Ma didn’t know she was part of a cat-and-mouse show; she was happy to play ’long.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
