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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rug rats
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Monitoring for symptoms is especially critical for people who have not been vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, particularly infants under one year of age who are not routinely recommended for the vaccine.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Attendees must be age 21 and older; no children, toddlers, infants, strollers or pets allowed, according to the website.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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Rosenthal believes stories about kids feeling nervous or afraid to try new things connect with both children and adults.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Their potential — with the right education, nurtured by parents who are determined to give their kids a shot at the American dream — is just as limitless as any other student in this nation’s public schools.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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The generative AI boom has created a flood of low-quality, spammy images and videos online — a type of content that has become particularly concerning on YouTube and YouTube Kids because of the company’s enormous audience of children, toddlers and babies.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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California has introduced universal pre-kindergarten, and New York City is expanding its pre-kindergarten program to 2-year-olds, giving toddlers an early start on learning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Staly went on to say that under Florida's Safe Haven Law, parents who cannot care for a newborn can bring the child at birth to a local fire station, hospital or law enforcement agency to surrender it.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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And the adjustment to your new body and to your life now revolving around your newborn’s needs 24/7 can be challenging.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
9 Mar. 2026
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Among these studies, 12 post-approval studies included 3,646 neonates, newborns, infants and children.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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These are often one family, two families, max, with ten or fifteen youngsters.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Allen and Moore both get upgrades, while Bears youngsters Luther Burden, Colston Loveland and Rome Odunze get room to work.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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For the past two years, biologists with the Pennsylvania Game Commission have banded chicks born in the nest.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Cadbury mini eggs and chocolate chicks make a fun topping for the kids.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Rug rats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rats. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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