cat

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Other high-profile Westminster pets include Downing Street's chief mouser, Larry the cat, and his Foreign Office counterpart Palmerston, who died in February after retiring to Bermuda.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

This concept is famously illustrated by Schrödinger's cat, a thought experiment in which a cat is considered both alive and dead simultaneously until it is observed.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

You can tell what’s about to happen—the cat is not going to take that pill.

From Slate • May 17, 2026

That’s what led Emily Kurlansik, who works in a medical field, to try acupuncture for her aging cat, Wing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

As she jumped to her feet, the cat sprang forward onto the table.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville