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Recent Examples of brat
Scott Schaefer, owner of Milwaukee Brat House and WurstBar, which earned a second-place Sporkies nod with its brat Rangoon this year, said his businesses likely lost out on $100,000 worth of sales because of the fair’s early wrap-up.
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Charli may be the reigning brat, but vampire Lestat de Lioncourt is ready to take up that mantle again.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 July 2025
Outside Greentown Tavern, a cook was barbequing hot dogs and brats, while people spent a few dollars throwing three balls at a button to drop a volunteer into a dunk tank.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Doting on this brat is dangerous; a public hug would put a target on Sarah’s back.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Charli may be the reigning brat, but vampire Lestat de Lioncourt is ready to take up that mantle again.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 July 2025
Outside Greentown Tavern, a cook was barbequing hot dogs and brats, while people spent a few dollars throwing three balls at a button to drop a volunteer into a dunk tank.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Doting on this brat is dangerous; a public hug would put a target on Sarah’s back.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brat
Noun
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Couples who respect yellow lights tend to build trust, because hesitation is treated as valuable input, not as a nuisance.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In this era of college athletics what was once a nuisance and an annoyance — college classes — now often appear to not even be a part of the equation.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Halfway through his sentence, the president stopped to scold the disrupter.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Jake the disrupter vs the Tank destroyer, for the face of boxing crown, live from the heart of the south, Atlanta.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Soon enough, Curtis’s all-black border collie, Steve, and a ragamuffin of a dog, Jack, would emerge from the trees to beg for sandwich scraps.—
Carrie Dennis,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
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Playing out on a New Orleans street set designed more or less as a cartoon by David Rockwell, its pirates costumed by Linda Cho in ragamuffin seafaring garb that nonetheless allows for the odd pleasing splash of color, Pirates!—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Brat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brat. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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