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Recent Examples of tomcatPhoto: Mattel and Netflix If Ryan’s tomcat vapidity represents a stereotypical male weakness, Raquelle’s backstabbing materialism plays with its female equivalent.—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 The tomcat had been spotted wandering with a wound on his chest.—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024 Note that the scent does not draw squirrels, tomcats, or teenage boys.—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through its head!—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023 Her big red tomcat, Rex, lolls at her feet.—Suzanne Van Atten, ajc, 12 Oct. 2013 The eggs were fertilized with sperm from a non-fluorescent tomcat and implanted in female cats, and five fluorescent green kittens were born, out of a total of eleven embryos (three now survive, as one was stillborn and another died during birth).—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2011 That’s because her mother was gray and white and her father was a big orange tomcat.—Karen Jones, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
The video captures a few seconds of the cat's bewilderment at being outside, then the owner opens the door, and the tabby runs into the house with an appreciative mewl.
Marco Rubio,
Newsweek,
1 Nov. 2024
In one such post, he is depicted running away from a mob of Black people while clutching two tabbies; in another, Kamala Harris prepares to cook a cat in a pot.
The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2024
Like Selina Kyle being nibbled into Catwoman by her alley cats, Doug’s origin story involves a nurturing puppy pile and a preternatural ability to communicate with the army of mutts who, hilariously, do his bidding like henchmen in a gangster movie.
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