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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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The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome. —Summer Tea, 11 a.m. June 14.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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To be clear: no preschooler, no first grader, no high school sophomore on their way to class poses any risk to the national security of the United States.—
Alberto M. Carvalho,
Time,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Camargo acknowledged that lenient sentences have encouraged armed groups to recruit minors to commit crimes.—
Manuel Rueda,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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On June 2, the FBI posted on X, asking the public for tips about providers who offer gender-affirming care to minors.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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The study also focused only on children and adolescents.—
Jackie Fortiér,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Now, adolescents and adults who have not been previously vaccinated receive only one shot, and myocarditis no longer shows up in the data, O'Leary said, referring to the CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink.—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
13 June 2025
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During the 2023 to 2024 school year, 92.7% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
6 June 2025
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Professionals have concluded that a 95% vaccination rate is the minimum required to protect the most vulnerable, such as infants, from infection; as of 2024, the U.S. vaccination rate among kindergartners had fallen from 95.2% in 2019-20 to 92.7%.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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Roberts, who often looked to me like an English schoolboy—rumpled shirt, rep tie—had worked with Tina to transform the British magazine Tatler from a staid society rag into a place of mischief.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Many of his followers are schoolboys — something that has sparked concern among educators worldwide.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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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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By the time Arturo was a toddler and Iris an infant, the family had settled full time in Oxford.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The goal is for the endowment to help pay the costs to create 16,000 spaces for preschool, infants, and toddlers by 2030.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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The center ensures proper nourishment for newborns in critical condition, including many born prematurely.—
Maryanne Murray Buechner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The new parents announced their son’s arrival a few days after his birth, sharing a joint Instagram post with a photo of the newborn sleeping next to a wooden sign.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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