cockroach
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He said he had already dealt with six cockroach jobs this month.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
India's youth-led "cockroach" movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister, urged authorities on Monday to release all detained demonstrators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Although the chief justice later withdrew the comment, Dipke embraced the label, turning the cockroach into the movement's symbol.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I remember what happened to my best friend, Bugs, when a cockroach crawled in his ear one night at the Home.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The CJP, which has millions of followers on social media, emerged in May initially as a satirical response to Chief Justice Surya Kant reportedly likening young people to "cockroaches" and "parasites" during a court hearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Never mind the rats and cockroaches — it’s the churn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Spilling off the internet and into real life, young volunteers to the movement have turned up dressed as cockroaches at clean-up drives and protests.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The protesters, who call themselves cockroaches, have been protesting for a month now.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
They were slimy with mildew, crawling with cockroaches, but to me they seemed the furniture of heaven itself.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
