rat race
Example Sentences
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“We’ve left the rat race and false people behind,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
China’s industrial rat race helped power the country’s economic miracle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Yet the pressures - the ones that are pushing more Chinese youth to quit the rat race, "lie flat" and take their frustrations out online - remain.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Sami Sabet was a successful businessman before deciding to leave the "rat race" and become a sub-postmaster for three post offices around Shoreham-by-Sea.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Valerie was clearly weary of the rat race.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
