flea
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Kelbaugh has since 1971 scoured antique shows and flea markets for images of Black Americans which in the early days few collectors were interested in.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Mom would go to garage sales and flea markets to buy them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Visiting the Pochaina flea market 10 days after the Russian attack, AFP journalists could still smell the mix of burnt metal and plastic hanging in the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A warmer climate has expanded the flea season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
I see myself leaning over the stainless-steel sink in the back room, scrubbing a large Labrador retriever with flea shampoo and plucking fat ticks from her skin, while she shook and whimpered a little.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Instead, he let Slim Shady learn a hard lesson that true southerners know: You lay down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
It’s caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis that infects fleas and the small mammals that host fleas, and there are actually three types of plague depending on which part of the body becomes infected.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Some days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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