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bug

[buhg] / bʌg /
NOUN
bacterium, microorganism
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VERB
listen to without permission
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Bug hotels designed to look like local landmarks have appeared near a Leeds train station.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Around 2:30 a.m., two counselors from Bug House, the cabin nearest the river, ran to the office to tell Edward and Dick that water was leaking in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

First, on the day of the crime, she told police that two white men with long hair and similar builds got out of a car, a purple and pink Volkswagen Bug, and entered Black’s garage.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026

Piloting an e-scooter is the shirtless, much-tatted Bug, played by Barry Keoghan, last seen in “Saltburn” wearing significantly less.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024

Doo-Doo Bug said, “La bone, nah, it don’t have a ring to it.”

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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