rat
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After leading a technological upgrade for the NYPD, Ms. Tisch landed her “dream job” as sanitation commissioner and did to the city’s rat population what she has lately been doing to street crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Khan also said there had been rats at the venue for a long time and that cleaners were told to check daily for rat droppings.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
"Our younger generation... they're always in this little rat race, keeping up with social media," the 61-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The researchers also currently obtain the EVs from primary rat astrocytes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
In exchange for garbage dump treasures, Clare provided the rat with mushrooms, freshly chopped and packed from his garden.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Gym rats can check their body composition of fat and muscle, people with heart issues can get their heartbeat captured, and mole owners can get their moles mapped to 0.1 mm.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Khan also said there had been rats at the venue for a long time and that cleaners were told to check daily for rat droppings.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Warming oceans, habitat destruction, predation by rats and dogs, competition with commercial fisheries and accidental capture in fishing nets are also threatening many populations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Earlier work by the same team, published in 2018, had identified compounds that dissolve in fat in the urine and feces of rats given sucralose.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
“And they are way more entitled, I might add. Manhattan rats expect you to give them the right of way.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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As a young woman in the 1920s, she disguised herself as a man and worked on a local archaeological dig at the Roman Villa Casale until she was ratted out and sent packing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
Simone now knew she had ratted him out.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
"Bobb ratted out Corcoran," wrote national security attorney Bradley Moss.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2022
No one has ratted out Gale and me.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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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
He prided himself on not ratting out his Watergate co-conspirators and argued that if everyone had just shut up about it Nixon would not have been deposed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2021
But he has to know that if anyone hears a word about this, it’s just as bad as ratting on Aunt Pooh.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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