rug rat

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rug rat Third row seats are best left for rug rats, or folded. cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020 Your standard maternal protagonist is not dropping a trail of pacifiers behind her, swilling goblets of red wine the minute her rug rats are in bed, and secretly vaping in the linen closet? Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rug rat
Noun
  • Nikita Zadorov made the Buffalo Sabres defenseman look like a preschooler.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Storytime for preschoolers at museum Animal Orchestra, a retro story time for preschoolers will be offered from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Oct. 8 at the Johnson County Museum, 8788 Metcalf Ave.
    Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In 2008, Epstein had pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In a game that could have given the Wild a 3-1 series lead, Vegas scored the tying goal during that double minor and eventually won in overtime.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Children and adolescents ages 2 to 18, without other high-risk factors like immunosuppression, can receive and should be offered the vaccine if they were not immunized before, according to the guidance.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The remains, which were found in 2023, have now been identified as Natsuse Yamane, a 6-year-old kindergartener from Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, according to The Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There, vaccination coverage among kindergartners has averaged around 82.4% in recent years, 12.6 points below what experts call community immunity.
    Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Likewise, schoolboy Martin Johnson.
    Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As an Oviedo resident and schoolboy, joining Gijón’s academy certainly brought scrutiny from schoolmates.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • That's when Hausman, with an infant to care for, was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • MedGlobal cared for one infant, Rafeef, who weighed just four pounds at birth.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And yet he’s shown up for mayoral forum after mayoral forum, urging residents to embrace a platform that would block many of the mayor’s socially conscious initiatives, like $50 college savings accounts for the city’s newborns.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In the comments section of the post, Cincinnati Zoo fans and attendees celebrated the newborn's moniker.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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