lab rat

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In her bio, she calls herself "a Brooklyn lab rat", a description that feels at odds for someone now fronting some of the world's biggest fashion houses.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

We’re like a lab rat that keeps taking the bit of cheese that’s attached to an electrical wire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

What’s more, it’s difficult to be your own lab rat: Most people with periods don’t have a textbook 28-day cycle, with ovulation falling on Day 14.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2023

But, in a milestone, the device showed remarkable success in a lab rat.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

Since I got B. cepacia, I feel like they’re the only ones in my life who don’t treat me like a lab rat.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott