exterminator

Example Sentences

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One is the Jewish son of an exterminator who rose to Harvard; the other the cerebral product of a striving Black middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

He started out as an exterminator in New York City and has spent his life immersed in rats.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

But his second act as humanitarian, house builder, Guinea worm exterminator and Nobel Peace Prize winner was a portrait of perseverance and grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

A man posing as a pest exterminator tried to gain access to a San Diego hotel that operates as a shelter for migrant families.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024

By that time, Mr. Guareschi, who had heard all the screaming, was trying to get the exterminator to go inside the tennis courts to catch the rats.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt