ratted (on)

past tense of rat (on)

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Verb
  • Advertisement Advertisement The numbers are catching up to a story being told by locals and visitors for several months now, of an eerily empty Vegas Strip and deserted casino floors.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Several Cuban doctors who deserted the mission sued PAHO, claiming the organization benefited from a labor-trafficking scheme in which the Cuban government pocketed about 85 percent of the salary payments made by Brazil.
    Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • And the 30-year-old Marinaccio was among the most impressive and talked-about relievers in Padres camp this spring.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Tandon talked to Billboard about her devoted fanbase, and the goal of traditional Indian music and why Grammy voters and contenders should listen.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tropicana abandoned the glass of orange juice just six weeks after rolling it out and brought back the old orange-with-a-straw.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When people violate the rules, the policy instructs the officer to first work to educate the rider to make sure they’re informed, rather than step right to enforcement.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Berry’s approach is informed very much by her own experiences coming up in the rough and tumble of investment banking.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But some scientists, while endorsing the need to drastically reduce planet-heating pollution, warned against cutting off research into polar geoengineering.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This was in Brighton, in the south of England, in a valley, cut off from the outside world.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Ratted (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratted%20%28on%29. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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