lab rat

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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

It also becomes two distinct character studies, building to a conclusion in which Joel is confronted with the reality of what may happen to Ellie if she becomes a lab rat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2023

Grace's mother, Angela, said "it was incredibly unpleasant" experience when the protesters accused her of using her daughter "as a lab rat" at Cardiff's Bayside mass vaccination centre.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2021

Since I got B. cepacia, I feel like they’re the only ones in my life who don’t treat me like a lab rat.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott