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“There would be, kind of, a cat out of the bag, so to speak. You can’t count ballots if they’re not in the possession of the registrar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

When she returned from dinner, Basu noticed Loki was a little sluggish and she worried how she and her cat would get through the night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The only thing that really matters is whether the kid runs out the door to play, or has to be pried off the bed like a cat that hears the bathtub running.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"A box of 40 cat food pouches is tangibly more than one bag of dog food - which might cost the same amount - so they tend to go for that," she added.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The elderly vegetable lady three stores down told me that the cat had mewed at her door the night of our arrest and she had taken him in.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Kang sat under a tree, waiting for a friend to arrive, and played with one of many cats roaming around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

A few days later, rifling through my wallet, I passed a small red-and-gold card decorated with lucky cats and a rising sun.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

They also take cats in for veterinary care and neutering if needed.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Giraldo had lived with two dogs and two cats in a building that now slants dangerously to one side.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

“We need something closer to your size and genetic makeup. Are there any Earth cats you could use?”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Last week, he was catted by the Association of German Friends of Cats, and by Herr Victor Fraenkl, chairman of the German League for Animal Rights, one of the Association's principal spokesmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

This work may have occupied us four hours; after which, the stream-anchor was hove up, catted and fished.

From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

With the Proserpine it was different Her capstan-bars flew round, and one anchor was actually catted by the time her captain appeared on deck.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper

The anchor was being catted, sails going up, and yards being trimmed; but, to observers like us, no guiding spirit was noticeable.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank T. Bullen

We paid out on the chain by which we swung; hove in on the other; catted the anchor; and hove short on the first.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

He was a Viet Nam Vet who had been "catting" on the city streets for years.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2016

The lads up front have got their sprint on at the top and after some catting and mousing they finish the San Mauro Cilento in the following order: Wauters, Boaro and Taborre.

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013

We’ve been laying our voices down, catting and scatting, and following variations of the same notes for so long we didn’t always know we were doing it.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

While those who were stationed on the top-gallant forecastle were engaged in catting and fishing the anchor, those who had been assigned to places on the topsail and top-gallant yards were sent aloft.

From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic

They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours; and the sails hung from the yards all the afternoon, and were not furled until sundown.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana