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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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Marvel's Avengers: Mightiest Friends is the first of its kind for preschoolers.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
11 Aug. 2025
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The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Cincinnati City Council will vote on stricter curfew rules for minors and increased police funding.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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The case upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming healthcare—including hormone treatments and surgical interventions—for transgender minors.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Research published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry estimates that about 1 to 3 percent of children and adolescents have OCD, with early-onset cases sometimes appearing before age 5.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Older adults tend to have fewer moles than children, adolescents, and young adults.172 Family history: Moles tend to run in families.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Less than 85% of Wisconsin kindergartners were up-to-date on the measles vaccine for the last school year, compared to about 92.5% of kindergartners nationwide, CDC data shows.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Taking a kiddie train ride were the Cruz siblings of Vernon Hills, Audrey, 6, a rising first-grader and Melanie, 5, a rising kindergartner.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Sunderland: Chris Rigg Rigg requires no introductions to Sunderland supporters after making his debut as a 15-year-old schoolboy in 2023, but the Premier League brings a whole new audience to impress after promotion from the Championship last season.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Smiling, the onetime Catholic schoolboy prayed with family.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 July 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
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For the first time, a medicine that’s designed specifically to treat newborns and infants with malaria has been approved.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In April, Seth and other researchers gathered in Durham, North Carolina, for a conference at Duke University to discuss tests for consciousness in humans (including people with brain damage, as well as fetuses and infants), other animals and AI systems.—
Mariana Lenharo & Nature magazine,
Scientific American,
6 Aug. 2025
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But this font of renewal dries up: an eighty-year-old’s bone marrow contains two hundred times fewer stem cells than a newborn’s.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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As newborns, the 10 puppies were tossed into a bush near the Mission Viejo Animal Service Center.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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