flea

Mom would go to garage sales and flea markets to buy them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

And Berlin’s flea markets are always worth exploring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

The hardworking mother of three daughters called Los Angeles home and collected much of the material for her work from the city’s many flea markets and second hand shops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

He wagged his tail, and just to show off, he sat down on his rear and started digging at a flea with his hind leg.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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

Flea-borne typhus is an acute febrile bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia Typhi bacteria, which is spread by infected fleas often found on pets and wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Aunt Kitty stayed on me like fleas on a mangy dog, reminding me all the time about improving my mind so I could better myself.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan