mosquito

Example Sentences

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Urgency to tamp down the invasive mosquito population in California has increased since 2023, when the state logged its first locally acquired dengue cases — meaning people were infected in their communities, not while traveling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

"We used species distribution models of three major mosquito complexes together with paleoclimate models," explains lead author Dr. Margherita Colucci of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and the University of Cambridge.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

My body was covered in a handful of enlarged mosquito bites, many of them already open gashes from my relentless itching.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

They were unable to fully develop inside either the human host or the mosquito, effectively blocking the chain of transmission that allows malaria to spread.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

She slept on the mat outside, and even the routine of the mosquito bites became a comfort.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie