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brat

noun

Definition of brat

as in nuisance

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Recent Examples of brat The event will have craft beer, brat tents, pony rides, a petting zoo and a kids’ area. — Nathan Pilling july 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026 Clark is a peerless young player who can be a bit of a brat when she gets batted around. — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026 His crippling, his stubborn arrogance and refusal to be humbled, has somehow humanized the spoiled brat king. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The sleeveless body-skimming dress features a transparent mesh finish that left little to the imagination, totally transforming an otherwise classic LBD into something far more provocative (and brat-like). — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for brat

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Noun

For homeowners who have spent decades building equity, failing windows are more than a nuisance.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Legal experts on the other side question the notion that a public nuisance can be defined so broadly to include both the sale of a legal product and the impact on carbon pollution, much of it coming from China and India.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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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.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026
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.

— Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025

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