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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

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

"Can't stand around chitchatting about a murder that never happened. Sam Westing was a madman. Insane. Crazy as a bedbug."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

A number of train services were cancelled after drivers discovered bedbugs in their cabs.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

The only insects more reviled by Seoul residents are cockroaches and bedbugs, according to a survey conducted by local data company Embrain last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025

Mended his tunic and helped him to tend to the burns on his fingers, his bedbugs and fleas?

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz




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