rat
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“Josh,” a gym rat and “protein maximizer,” said a bar needed more than 15 grams of protein to make it into his daily “stack.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Martin Ramirez, 49, who manages a nearby body shop, said a rat sneaked into his shop just days after the fire was knocked down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In laboratory experiments using rat neurons, blocking these switches reduced markers associated with karyoptosis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
More and more young people talk about feeling burnt out, question the point of staying in the rat race and, in some cases, feel bruised by their parents' tough love.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“That’s the whole point. Being a rat is the next step up to being a man. You want to be a man, don’t you?”
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
Like rats in a Skinner box being conditioned to get food or stop pain, AI models hill-climb in a process similar to reinforcement learning, tweaking their parameters based on feedback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They implanted the keratin membranes into rats with skull defects that were large enough that they would not normally heal on their own.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
People in the community have also reported seeing large rats, and they say traps placed along sidewalks aren't big enough to hold them.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Now, a burnt-out putrid warehouse that has devastated businesses and forced residents to remain inside their homes during a sweltering summer, as flies and giant rats infest the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
His fierce eye gazed out across the mighty army: black rats, brown rats, grey rats, piebald rats, skulking weasels, furtive stoats and sinuous ferrets, all gathered round, their weapons glistening and dripping with the rain.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
No one would get ratted out on social media as “problematic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
“She ratted me out! Yes, I have the teapot, which I realize is quite the memento,” says Krasinski, writing while in production on an upcoming project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025
Finally, Perry himself turns on his schoolteacher girlfriend, Ginny Aimes, on a dime when the gun is brought to light, assuming she is the person who ratted him out.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Simone now knew she had ratted him out.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
The ratted fur of its neck mopped the ground.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
And who wouldn’t have to modify their behavior if they thought Rover was ratting them out to his pals down at Paws & Claws?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Stroup has said that ratting out Peter Bourne was the “stupidest decision” he ever made.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025
"But he could be ratting out Eastman and Powell, for example, in order to make a deal."
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023
This particular Planned Parenthood is where high school girls in my town would go if they needed birth control and didn’t want any busybodies ratting them out if they were spotted at the local clinic.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
I finally got Mister Johnny out the way and now I have to worry about Miss Hilly coming over and ratting me out.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
