bedbug
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Stephenson has lived across the world in Asia, Africa and South America and never experienced bedbug bites before.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
That means that many bedbug encounters go unreported to a government agency, he suggested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
The bedbug break-out during Paris fashion week this fall was obviously horrifying, but the bad news doesn’t stop there.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2023
In Hong Kong, recent reports of a bedbug sighting on an airport train led to several days of feverish news coverage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The door opened and her Mama came in and told Portia that Miss Brown had said she found a bedbug in her room.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He often gets bitten by bedbugs and walks with a cane, making climbing up and down from his bed difficult.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
“Instead of spending $40 each and getting bedbugs, it’s better to sleep in the car,” Georgiou said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
A single mum in Kent has said she is in despair after being moved to social housing infested with bedbugs.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
The mats and mattresses arranged in the classrooms crawled with vicious bedbugs.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
