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Recent Examples of rug rat
Third row seats are best left for rug rats, or folded.
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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
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
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Have your preschooler practice using scissors by cutting out their favorite designs.—
Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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Separation anxiety can be a major cause of stress for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.—
Corinne Schuman,
Parents,
6 May 2025
Noun
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The Republican mayor responded with ads criticizing Ewing’s for supporting transgender athletes and gender-affirming care for minors.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Prohibits Medicaid funds for gender transition for minors: The measure would ban federal Medicaid funds from going to gender-affirming care for transgender minors.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
Noun
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First, governments could consider warning labels for ultra-processed and red meat products and restrict marketing junk food to children and adolescents.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The collectives are able to pull adolescents into their orbit by first establishing contact on public platforms, according to an April report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s national police force.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2025
Noun
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During the 2023 to 2024 school year, 92.7% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
9 May 2025
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State law allows for vaccine exemptions for medical, religious or personal reasons and in that year 14.3% of kindergartners were exempt from at least one of the vaccines — a 2.2 percentage-point increase from the 2022-2023 year.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Imola’s considerable power comes from the 6-liter twin-turbo V12 engineered and built in collaboration with the naughty schoolboys of Affalterbach, Mercedes-AMG.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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As usual, guitarist Angus Young existed in his own world and cranked out a steady stream of power chords and squealing solos, all while — at the age of 70 — dressed like a schoolboy.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Olivia was the most popular girls name for the second year in a row, assigned to 231 infants.—
Mary Carole McCauley,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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But a 2017 study found that even infants can distinguish between words in different languages.—
Leslie Garisto Pfaff,
Parents,
15 May 2025
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The brother leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die, but tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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In the next few weeks, zoo-goers can see the newborn in the Asian Plains habitat, zookeepers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2025
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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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