cat-and-mouse
Example Sentences
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The characters’ fate is predestined by cat-and-mouse conventions, and there are no big surprises when watching the parts come together.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Iran, however, could play a cat-and-mouse game with raiders, withdrawing and then returning when the Marines have left.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Indeed, the world’s most high-stakes clandestine cat-and-mouse game is currently taking place in the race for artificial-intelligence supremacy.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
From perfectly spelled phishing emails to fake videos of government officials, artificial intelligence is changing the game for Interpol's cat-and-mouse fight against cybercrime at its high-tech war rooms in Singapore.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
I suppose he wanted me to get enough air so I could beg; but I suddenly got sick of the whole cat-and-mouse game.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
