lab rat

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Fittingly, Pattinson hunches his shoulders and curls his upper lip: an obedient lab rat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

What’s more, it’s difficult to be your own lab rat: Most people with periods don’t have a textbook 28-day cycle, with ovulation falling on Day 14.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2023

But, in a milestone, the device showed remarkable success in a lab rat.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

He said he can confidently state the wild urban rats of New York City, for example, have significantly harder lives compared to the average lab rat.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022

“Almost six months,” Maya said, and for the first time, she looked almost relaxed, not like a lab rat in a cage, waiting to see what would happen next.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway