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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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What Mulaney didn’t anticipate was that the private tour of Elvis Presley’s former home would become the setting for one of parenting’s most unexpected conversations — explaining death to a preschooler.—
Ryan Brennan
April 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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In their off-hours, one employee was nursing an infant and homeschooling a preschooler, and another worked a second job as a real estate agent.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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League officials gave the players a talking-to in the morning and, to back it up, Krebs got tagged with a roughing minor on what seemed like routine pushing and shove after the whistle.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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In 2005, Jackson was charged with 10 counts, including child molestation, intoxicating a minor with alcohol, and conspiracy, involvingn 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As an adolescent, he was diagnosed with dyslexia and struggled through school.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was brought to the center as an adolescent with a broken wing (possibly due to a collision with a car) and can no longer fly properly.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Our program, by contrast, automatically enrolls every public school kindergartener, regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, unless their family opts out.—
Debra-Ellen Glickstein,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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When the pandemic hit, our local public school closed its computer lab, issued my kindergartener an iPad, and never looked back.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The infamous novel is the story of schoolboys stranded on a tropical island following a deadly plane crash.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
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Vince was a good schoolboy footballer, represented County Durham and went on trial with Middlesbrough, the club his son would later coach.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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The campaign focuses on supporting NICU infants with products designed alongside nurses and doctors to meet their specific needs.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Safe Havens Act, which was enacted 25 years ago, allows a parent to give up their infant to hospital emergency room staff anonymously and without the threat of prosecution.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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Each newborn weighed between 2 and 3 lbs.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Then the mama cat gets up and steps away from her newborns for a moment.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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