ratting

present participle of rat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratting
Verb
  • These parables sometimes read like gibberish, talking both down and up to the reader.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And its representatives are talking a big game about making the country a wellspring of world-class AI companies.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They will be accused of being finance-first and football-second, of betraying tradition.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Colleagues accused him of betraying philosophy; the Prussian state drove him into exile.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But after winning just six games the next two seasons, AD Mike Garrett left a message on the coach’s answering machine informing him he was fired.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Stewart opened by informing the audience that there have been six mass shootings in the past 24 hours.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, Arsenal’s 3-2 Women’s Super League (WSL) defeat by Manchester City over the weekend extended Arsenal’s winless run to three matches, dropping them to fifth in the WSL table and further exposing flaws in defensive solidity and execution in the final third.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Their job was to guide (and smuggle) me through the tribal areas of the country, exposing me to places where visitors, especially Americans, were officially forbidden.
    Kaitlin Stevens, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nessel spoke about the work of her office’s Hate Crimes Unit, warning that Michigan reported about 620 hate crimes in 2024 — more than 50 incidents a month.
    Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Carney won an election in April with a strident message for Canadians, warning that theirrelationship with America would change dramatically in the coming years.
    Paula Newton, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And even in a film telling a universal story, some cultural allusions speak most strongly to the home audience.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions for over a century.
    Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What’s needed is training that will help directors put this tool into practice, with considerations around ethical use such as not disclosing confidential company information while posing a query to AI.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Financial information is deeply personal and some worry that disclosing income or inheritance could create entitlement or unnecessary anxiety.
    Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of the first major highlights showed the moment Mei Xiang birthed a squealing Xiao Qi Ji and cradled her newborn cub.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Ratting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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