mouse
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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
There are lots of software applications that mimic the movements of a computer mouse, so you can appear to be working while away from your desk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The mouse study, published in Nature Metabolism, found that the outcome depends on which part of the brain is targeted.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
As in the mouse studies, C3 levels in the bloodstream were not linked to treatment success.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Especially upon a mouse who does not think.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
"This effect was also observed in germ-free mice, suggesting that butyrate can establish a lasting intestinal environment that does not depend on continuous microbial stimulation."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
To investigate, the researchers supplied mice with butyrate in their drinking water for a set period and then ended the treatment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
In mice, compound 10 also had a positive effect on heart function and aging processes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
To interrupt this process, Quitterer and her colleagues created several chemical compounds and tested them in cell cultures and mice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“What happened to the mice? How did you make them go away?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
For one, the dock occasionally disappeared when I opened a full-screen Chrome tab in laptop mode, and it didn’t pop up when I moused around the bottom of the screen.
From The Verge ● Aug. 31, 2022
I have moused and clicked through a few, mostly ones I could watch without covering the screen whenever the children walked by.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
Figuring that black-clad subversives might congregate on the indie boards, I moused over to Pop Genius to check out the state of the conversation around Death Cab For Cutie.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2015
Jamie videoed her dance routine and then they ran it in slow motion and moused it into shape, speeding up moves or slowing them down, repositioning legs, arms and head.
From Nature ● Mar. 17, 2015
He was a combination valet and teacher, and the most pedantic and idolatrous person that ever moused through dusty tomes.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard
He was moved out of the department's central London building during the Covid pandemic and in 2020 he formally retired from his mousing duties.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Typing and mousing for long periods is stressful for the finger and wrist muscles as well as the forearms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
When mousing in snow, the fox's long snout also allows it to reach its prey earlier, as mice are very sensitive to movements in their environment and can quickly escape.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
If the DeskPad feels like overkill, try Logitech’s $19.99 Desk Mat, a soft-cloth mat with a nice mousing feel in an assortment of soft colors.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
It ain’t nowhere near’s sly nor quick as a cat; it ain’t no good at all at mousing nor catching holt of birds without a lot of help.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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