flies
Example Sentences
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Fruit flies appear after rainfall, but climate change is making that rainfall more unpredictable, so pests are appearing at different times of the year.
From BBC
“This is not good news for the family that flies once or twice a year in basic economy,” he said.
From MarketWatch
These include everything from rocket blueprints to detailed nutrient-recycling programs involving flies, chickens and human waste.
"Smell and flies were a feature at some of the illegal sites and caused a localised adverse effect to air quality," Farrar said, with landowners "forced to incur substantial costs in removing the illegal waste".
From BBC
“You know that saying about how time flies when you’re having fun?”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
