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

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

For his part, Alexander remembers a game of "cat and mouse" with the manager who he felt perhaps "didn't want to be put under the microscope".

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

Still playing cat and mouse with the universe.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner