dust bunnies

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You don’t have to say, “You are manipulative and controlling,” or “You are high maintenance and don’t pay your way,” or, in this case, “You leave a trail of dust bunnies in your wake.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

Weird Barbie, you might be buried outside, on the shelf at Goodwill, or even still at home, tucked away under years of accumulated dust bunnies and unidentifiable insects.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

Not only does removing stuff from a room reveal the winter dust bunnies, but it will also help you reconsider every item before it goes back into the room.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023

But she was possessed of an uncanny ability, as Washington Post book reviewer Maureen Corrigan once observed, to find “the dust bunnies under her employers’ couches as well as the skeletons in their closets.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2020

I followed her, stepping over bits and pieces of honeycomb, which is what they had instead of dust bunnies.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd