cat-and-mouse

Example Sentences

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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

It was kind of fun, like a cat and mouse game, but it all made for like a good first moment.

From Salon

"And it's a bit cat and mouse, quite romantic and upbeat and encapsulates the feelings you get when you're first liking someone."

From BBC

"It would have been nice to win the stage but I had to keep riding, we didn't want to play cat and mouse with Roglic behind," Thomas said.

From BBC

Perhaps the biggest one is keeping up with advances in science, which Novitzky describes as a "cat and mouse" game.

From BBC