ratted

past tense of rat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratted
Verb
  • But that friendship was betrayed as settlers dried up the Gila with upstream dams and diversions.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Casemiro was able to coast through performances against poor Haiti and Scotland sides in two of Brazil’s group stage games, but Morocco provided much sterner opposition that exposed some worrying gaps in midfield.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Authorities stopped letting people into the National Museum of African American History and Culture, with more than 1,000 sheltering outside the building and some exposed to the elements.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • At the end of May, the Minnesota Department of Human Services informed 3,411 — 62% of the providers screened — that they were disenrolled and could not bill Medicaid.
    Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Containment actions should be proportional, reversible where possible and informed by multiple signals rather than a single brittle heuristic.
    Abhik Biswas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Both of the soon-to-be newlyweds have talked openly about wanting to have kids.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Gyllenhaal received the President’s Award on Friday at the festival’s opening night ceremony, and talked to the international press on Saturday in a suite at the neo-baroque Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • But be warned, reservations are a must — BoccaLupo is bustling with hungry diners from open to close.
    Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • County officials have repeatedly warned that fraudulent claims take money away from public services and shift the tax burden to honest taxpayers.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • But that’s because Kaegi tattled on himself in 2020, requesting an inspection to make sure a 700 square foot addition was included in his value.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In a Bravo first, audio footage from set leaked the night that filming wrapped, triggering an investigation led by the network that found a production staffer liable for the leak.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Guests have blabbed that things were definitely awkward during one of the newlyweds’ first dances to an undisclosed song by the celebrity performer, Marc Anthony.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • But Cirie ended up telling her husband, and her husband blabbed to Trish.
    EW.com, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Ratted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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