ratted

past tense of rat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratted
Verb
  • Subsequent reporting showed how Maduro loyalists infiltrated the training camps of the would-be liberators and betrayed their cause, leading to the execution of six leaders and capture of dozens of insurgents.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In a 6-4 vote, the Clovis, California, native was voted out by the original Hina tribe, plus his former tribemates Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Jawan Pitts, who betrayed their original alliance by not voting for Steven Ramm.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Kennedy had argued the animals exposed to flu may hold potential for disease research, but the agency said there was no evidence for this and yesterday the Canadian Supreme Court declined to weigh in on the case, removing the last legal roadblock to prevent their culling.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Then later, a week after the testing was done, state inspectors discovered that about a dozen residents who had been exposed to COVID-19 were being housed in the same rooms as a slew of residents who hadn’t.
    Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Public Health Agency of Canada said it was informed of the loss by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) after more than 12 months of continuous measles transmission.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • If the new ad pact works, audiences would come to view T-Mobile as helping to support the CNN reports that keep them informed, says Griggs.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Over the course of the three-day summit, attendees and Goldman leaders talked all things AI—from the most lucrative investments, to the tech’s impact on the environment, and its potential to innovate industries.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • His family never really talked to any of us.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Fearing a spike in anti-Japanese sentiment ahead of the parade, the Japanese embassy in Beijing warned its citizens to stay cautious and avoid speaking Japanese loudly in public – perhaps mindful that in recent years, there has been a spate of violent attacks against Japanese nationals in China.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Flight disruptions are likely to continue even after the government reopens, airlines and aviation regulators warned, as airlines cancelled scores of flights on Tuesday.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Props to the baller’s dad Ed Kelce who blabbed a few details to a local Cleveland, Ohio, station.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But Cirie ended up telling her husband, and her husband blabbed to Trish.
    EW.com, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The season 2 finale introduced a dizzying cheating scandal that revealed even more cracks in the ever-cratering friend group.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Their excavations revealed no signs of a social hierarchy, such as statues of specific individuals.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Arkansans who rely on federal food assistance could see their benefits restored as early as next week, Janet Mann, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, told a legislative committee Thursday.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Among the Continental soldiers taken prisoner at the Battle of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in 1776, for instance, eighty-nine of two hundred told their redcoat captors they had been born overseas.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Ratted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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