cockroach
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Prior reports by county social workers and San José police “documented significant cockroach infestations,” according to the district attorney’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The protests are widely seen as a reprise of the "cockroach" movement's mass mobilisation in July, which led to the education minister stepping down over an examination scandal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Attempts to discredit the cockroach protests in similar ways, however, gained less traction for a number of reasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 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
Das and Ranka are key leaders of the CJP, which began as an internet joke in May after India's top judge compared unemployed young people to "cockroaches".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Prosecutors said Aurora was one of seven children, ages 2 months to 17 years, who lived in an East San José house on Lancelot Lane that was filled with cockroaches, pet feces, garbage and mold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The group stemmed from a joke made by Dipke in response to a remark by Chief Justice Surya Kant, who had likened jobless youngsters to "cockroaches".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Cockroach party started as a viral online movement in response to the chief justice’s comments comparing unemployed young people to cockroaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
This was true of cockroaches, sheep, bees, and beetles.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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