flea
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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
Pet flea treatments should be banned from general sale, a Lords committee has urged, after an inquiry raised concerns about their impact on their environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
He notes that it doesn’t move and tries the same thing with a different flea.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Angelenos also should ensure the lids of their trash bins are closed and block any places around their homes where fleas can enter or hide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
A clergyman I met at Reagan National Airport recently told me that our world is as filled with corruption as a Latin American animal shelter is filled with fleas.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
"While these treatments play a vital role in public and pet health against fleas and ticks, it is right that we assess the availability of these treatments to ensure correct usage by owners," they added.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Earlier research had indicated that ancient strains of Yersinia pestis lacked some of the genetic features that later allowed bubonic plague to spread efficiently through fleas and rodent hosts.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
“But he’ll sleep in the bed with you boys,” Mama said, “and the first thing you know, you’ll both be scratching fleas and having mange and breaking out with ringworms.”
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
