cat-and-mouse

Example Sentences

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Will you feel worse if you ask and he gives you a game of cat and mouse?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

A core of Minneapolis activists is playing a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the federal agents deployed in force to the midwestern city to round up undocumented immigrants.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

The Bafta nominee's latest film Apex will see him star opposite Hollywood actress Charlize Theron in a ruthless game of cat and mouse.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Federal regulators call it a growing epidemic, and stopping the thieves has become a game of cat and mouse for law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Now it was a game of cat and mouse.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown