rats
Britishinterjection
adjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
Moore begins with a whisper and builds to a roar as Mona improvises a manic rant that involves rats and the plague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
That horrid thing has the wolves and the rats and his own kind to help him, so I suppose he isn’t above trying to use a respectable lunatic.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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