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While some users view these platforms as a way to earn some extra cash on the weekend, Rodgers and others are using them as a launch pad into entrepreneurship and a way to escape the 9-to-5 rat race.
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Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 July 2025
There's no doubt whoever comes out of this liberal rat race will be sent packing when Iowans re-elect America First fighter Mariannette Miller-Meeks next fall.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Eventually needing a respite from the corporate rat race in New York City, Jurkschat sought out a similar connection to Mother Nature among the Concrete Jungle’s sidewalks and skyscrapers.
—Michael Loré, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Vigny did in fact abandon the literary rat race for his country estate and quit publishing while continuing to write for himself.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 July 2025
There's no doubt whoever comes out of this liberal rat race will be sent packing when Iowans re-elect America First fighter Mariannette Miller-Meeks next fall.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Eventually needing a respite from the corporate rat race in New York City, Jurkschat sought out a similar connection to Mother Nature among the Concrete Jungle’s sidewalks and skyscrapers.
—Michael Loré, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Vigny did in fact abandon the literary rat race for his country estate and quit publishing while continuing to write for himself.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Rat race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rat%20race. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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