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Recent Examples of rat
Noun
In rats, the drug produced a consistent 1 percent weekly weight loss over a six-week study period while preserving 100 percent of lean muscle mass. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025 Every so often, the E.R. is visited by rats, little symbols of disrepair and instigators of slapstick freak-outs. James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Robert Merritt, a Brooks Homes resident who spoke at the board meeting, said some of the rehab work that has been done is not being executed properly, allowing mice and rats to come into residents’ units. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025 Boxes of mice and rats which investigators believe to be food for the snakes were also found in the residence. Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rat
Noun
  • He had been suspended for flouting weight regulations, stripped of his informants and demoted to monitoring wiretaps.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • His lawyers and family deny any gang connections and say the allegations are largely based on information from a 2019 informant.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This could spark a secret crush or dreams of a past lover may resurface.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • Other phantoms visit, including Darin’s early girlfriend Connie Francis (Gracie Lawrence), but all lovers fade in the face of larger losses.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • But internal correspondence reviewed by The News indicates that an MTA engineer raised concerns in early March — even before the water was turned off at the facility — that sewage was leaking into the soil around the depot.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • If a company you’re signed up with experiences a data breach and your login info is leaked, attackers can try that same password on other platforms, potentially unlocking a lot more than just one account.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Singh says that the Kashmir policy of India's Hindu nationalist government has alienated residents of Kashmir, and cost the Indian army its vital network of local informers.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The book’s cast of characters is immense, including spies and informers, dubious bankers, Mafiosos, terrorists, radical priests who support the poor, and conservatives who back right-wing dictators.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Nacua is seen slapping the fan in the face and walking away.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Just days ahead of her latest birthday, Burnett delighted fans with a guest appearance in the April 24 episode of Hacks.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • At private dinners throughout Rome and at formal gatherings of hundreds of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • Some professors didn’t understand how to talk with audiences and were criticized for their monotone deliveries.
    Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • But Sysco’s revised forecast could be the canary in the kitchen.
    Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025
  • America’s small businesses could be the canaries in the coal mine.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025

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“Rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rat. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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