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bedbug

[bed-buhg] / ˈbɛdˌbʌg /




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I watched as the girls bounced around the mansion, appearing carefree, bedbug free and parking ticket-free.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 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

Good thing I’d bought kerosene; I could soak Jim’s hat in it and evict all the bedbug roomers.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

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

He says he was bitten by bedbugs and could see mould across the ceiling from his top bunk.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

In 2022, the Disneyland Resort agreed to pay $100,000 to a resort hotel guest in a lawsuit settlement addressing claims she was bitten by bedbugs during a visit in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025

“Tell the girl there are bedbugs in my chamber.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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