nine lives
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A neo-traditionalist and pied piper for the New York downtown set, Keith and his nine lives most recently turned to Instagram after a stroke impaired his ability to speak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
It’s likely that other similar situations have given rise to the adage that cats have nine lives.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
Those and other Labor Day blazes burned more than 1.2 million acres in Oregon, destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and structures, and claimed nine lives.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
He has nine lives, to mix all the possible metaphors about a survivor in politics.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2023
My mom grumbled it was like the House of Stray Cats, folks using their nine lives.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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