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

While the war on rats has no end in sight, the exterminator Edwards said we can learn a lot from their resilience.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

“My lawyer tells me that the exterminator is required by law to either post a guard or to arrange for guards to patrol around the houses that are tented.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor