flea
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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
At the time, campaigns were a sideline for Reilly, who supported himself selling doodads and other salvaged wares in a movable flea market he operated on Fisherman’s Wharf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
When she was eventually rescued, she had lost lots of fur because of a severe flea infestation and was underweight.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Then she crushed the flea or louse between her nails.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
Some days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some environmental scientists have flagged two parasiticides found in most spot-on treatments to kill fleas and ticks on cats and dogs, fipronil and imidacloprid, as toxic to wildlife.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Scott: We did a nice dinner down by the beach, and everyone got bit by the sand fleas that weren’t supposed to be there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Often, people are exposed to the disease when infected fleas are carried indoors on pets or other animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
They were plagued by hundreds of blood thirsty fleas.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
