ratting

Definition of rattingnext
present participle of rat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratting
Verb
  • In a loss, OpenAI could face pressure to implement remedies like age-gating free ChatGPT accounts to protect kids, shutting down conversations that discuss violence and suicide, and removing features that the state says deceptively make ChatGPT feel like talking to a human.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
  • Cannavaro is not the first global football star to infiltrate Uzbek football (Rivaldo played for Bunyodkor for three years towards the end of his career) but his appointment certainly got a football-mad nation talking.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • The West is betraying 'liberal values' for a genocidal fascist foreign government.
    Anhelina Shamlii, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • But since then the process of identifying a new vendor and signing a contract has been painfully slow, betraying the mayor’s lack of urgency.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • But the mark goes beyond informing consumers.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
  • These efforts are also informing the design of GE Aerospace’s open-rotor engine under the Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) program.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Her photographs and articles exposing the violence of the conflict set her apart from conventional war reporting.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • But Nassar was also wary of exposing the gap between the state’s authority and its actual power.
    Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Bahrain’s interior ministry also sounded warning sirens urging residents to seek shelter.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • An 83-year-old woman was slashed in the neck on her way to church after politely greeting a homeless man, who attacked her without warning outside her Brooklyn home, the victim told the Daily News on Monday.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • In order to secure the funds, the family members submitted fake financial instruments and money orders, continuing to do so even after the IRS sent them letters telling them to stop, according to the statement.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2026
  • Especially telling is the staff’s attention to detail.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The charges do not stem from the general practice of paying informants but from the Justice Department's allegations that the SPLC made these payments without disclosing the practice to donors and by defrauding banks.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • The employer may learn of a disability from (1) the employee disclosing it to a managerial employee (not just a coworker); (2) a third party disclosing the condition; or (3) the employer observing the employee.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • There were no odd noises or squealing bearings to indicate the fan was having trouble.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • The first twenty minutes involve longtime Holzinger mentor-cum–ensemble member Renée Copraij spanking the gleefully squealing Annina Machaz.
    Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
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“Ratting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratting. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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