pack rat

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Recent Examples of pack rat Julio Betancourt of the U.S. Geological Survey has studied pack rat middens in the U.S. West and South America. From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021 Fortunately for history, Stuart was something of a pack rat. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2023 Agents were told that Trump was a pack rat who had been personally overseeing his collection of White House records since even before leaving Washington and had been reluctant to return anything. Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 Trump, a pack rat who for decades showed off knickknacks in his overstuffed Trump Tower office — including a giant shoe that once belonged to basketball player Shaquille O’Neal — treated the nation’s secrets as similar trinkets to brandish. Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for pack rat 

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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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