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“There would be, kind of, a cat out of the bag, so to speak. You can’t count ballots if they’re not in the possession of the registrar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

By no means is this an exclusive club of big-market fat cat teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

On a patrol with Surrey Police, officers described catching those riding electric motorbikes illegally as a constant game of cat and mouse.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

At least until Hans Zimmer’s music hits one of its glorious crescendos, at which point the cat will leap off the couch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Fat Pete howled, but Jeremy walked past him; except for his dignity, the bound cat was unharmed.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

How can it be doubted, when it appeared in the paper’s “dead cats column,” one man observes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

There are several jokey videos depicting police chasing human sized cats, and Scottish drag performer Ellie Diamond has issued a video declaring that she is not the Cat in the Hat killer.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

A few days later, rifling through my wallet, I passed a small red-and-gold card decorated with lucky cats and a rising sun.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Another Cali resident and animal lover, Andrea Paredes, has not given up hope on reuniting with her dog and cats.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

People think cats are wise and have deep thoughts.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Last week, he was catted by the Association of German Friends of Cats, and by Herr Victor Fraenkl, chairman of the German League for Animal Rights, one of the Association's principal spokesmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The anchor was being catted, sails going up, and yards being trimmed; but, to observers like us, no guiding spirit was noticeable.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen

Thus the Island Princess fell off by the head, as we catted and fished the anchor; then took the wind in her sails and slipped slowly out toward the open sea.

From The Mutineers by Charles Boardman Hawes

“That’s well, let us have it up, and get it catted at once, if you please.”

From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

With the Proserpine it was different Her capstan-bars flew round, and one anchor was actually catted by the time her captain appeared on deck.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper

He was a Viet Nam Vet who had been "catting" on the city streets for years.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2016

The lads up front have got their sprint on at the top and after some catting and mousing they finish the San Mauro Cilento in the following order: Wauters, Boaro and Taborre.

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013

We’ve been laying our voices down, catting and scatting, and following variations of the same notes for so long we didn’t always know we were doing it.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

To Denbigh's satisfaction Armstrong had been sent for'ard to superintend the weighing and catting on the anchor.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher