cockroach

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Gautam Tamboliya, a 21-year-old student from India’s Haryana state, carried India’s national flag and wore a lapel pin with an image of a cockroach on it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Hundreds of young people gathered for it, many of them wearing cockroach face masks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

By contrast, local authorities and pest control companies in rural areas of Wales cited little to no cockroach reports when approached by BBC News.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

"I turned on the light and I could see a cockroach running, two or three were running."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

And then, don’t look now but a four-inch-long cockroach or something will scurry across the path in front of you.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver