rug rat

slang

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Recent Examples of rug rat Third row seats are best left for rug rats, or folded. cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020 Your standard maternal protagonist is not dropping a trail of pacifiers behind her, swilling goblets of red wine the minute her rug rats are in bed, and secretly vaping in the linen closet? Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rug rat
Noun
  • This all-in-one sound machine provides a soft light and white noise for overnight newborn feeding sessions, calming stories for preschoolers, and a time-to-rise function for older kids.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome. —1945: The Year the War Ended, 1 p.m. March 1.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Doctor targeted by Biden DOJ for exposing trans medicine for minors invited to Trump congressional address.
    Fox News, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Three-quarters of Americans support nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people, but remain divided over support for laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors, according to a Public Religion Research Institute survey out Tuesday.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Effectiveness was 32% for children and adolescents, from the CDC's U.S. Flu VE network of health care systems.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In the 2010s, the developmental scientist Ron Dahl and Jennifer Silk, a University of Pittsburgh psychology professor, started wondering what went on inside adolescents’ brains when their parents nagged them.
    Jenny Anderson, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Most states are below the 95 percent vaccination threshold for kindergartners, the level needed to protect against outbreaks, according to the CDC.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In the United States, most states now are below the 95% vaccination threshold for kindergartners — the level needed to protect communities against measles outbreaks.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • When a group of schoolboy cricketers founded the club in 1882, their choice of name was ‘Hotspur FC’.
    Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • In September last year, a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy was killed in a second knife attack near another Japanese school in the southern city of Shenzhen.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • At least seven infants in Gaza died from hypothermia during Phase 1.
    Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Arizona Boy, 10, Dies After Mountain Hike with Family on 113-Degree Day A relative performed CPR on the infant for five minutes before first responders arrived, per the medical examiner.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As politicians and policymakers insist that children are the future, many of them refuse to support the intensive caregiving required to transform newborns into functioning adults.
    Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Still, there could be an opportunity to get a sneak peek at the newborn.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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