rat

Example Sentences

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Though a rat he may be, Orris shares the impulse of bibliophiles everywhere to surround himself with “stories and facts and poems.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Another Apopo-trained rat, named Ronin, set a new world record in 2025 by uncovering 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She also trips over a dozen other travel agents and casino operators who can’t be trusted not to rat her out to the state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Scientists have since established that the degradation of the island was in fact gradual, taking centuries, caused largely by drought, volcanic eruptions and the arrival of the Polynesian rat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The rat interrupted these painful questions with another: “Where’d your funny human eyeglass go, fox? You look horrible.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman