rat race
Example Sentences
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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
China’s industrial rat race helped power the country’s economic miracle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Norway's Casper Ruud criticised the ranking system earlier this year, describing it as "a rat race", while Australian world number nine Alex de Minaur put his early French Open exit down to "feeling burned out".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
For this Money Talks, it’s time to turn the rat race into a rat walk on the beach.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2024
Valerie was clearly weary of the rat race.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
