rat race
Example Sentences
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Fording said that he wanted to avoid the "rat race style of life" and "it is quieter, not as much traffic and we have everything we need here."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
China’s industrial rat race helped power the country’s economic miracle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Imagine this: After years of toiling in the Southern California rat race, you buy a parcel of land in the high desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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
