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Recent Examples of brat
Five more words are ‘spoiled brat theatre kid energy’.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Fans, and perhaps everyone else at this point, might recall that Charli was also absent from the cover of brat, which consisted of the word in black lettering over a pungent green background.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
1 June 2026
Gunther called Cody a spoiled brat.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
For me, a Navy brat with a genetic tendency to wander, the road is less an escape and more a birthright.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Fans, and perhaps everyone else at this point, might recall that Charli was also absent from the cover of brat, which consisted of the word in black lettering over a pungent green background.
—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
1 June 2026
Gunther called Cody a spoiled brat.
—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
For me, a Navy brat with a genetic tendency to wander, the road is less an escape and more a birthright.
—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brat
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And to add insult to social and cultural injury, the new policies also present a logistical nuisance.
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In New York, night clubs were sometimes regarded as a civic nuisance; one obstacle was the city’s cabaret law, from 1926, which required bars to obtain a special permit if patrons were dancing and was not fully repealed until 2017.
Noun
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Williams, an all-defensive first-team selection last year, is a disrupter.
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As a major disrupter in the space industry, SpaceX’s private valuation had already been soaring ahead of its public debut.
Noun
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On a recent morning, Feldman and his colleagues made their rounds, visiting people living in ragamuffin tents on sidewalks and crannies just west of downtown.
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Soon enough, Curtis’s all-black border collie, Steve, and a ragamuffin of a dog, Jack, would emerge from the trees to beg for sandwich scraps.
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“Brat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brat. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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