bedbug
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I watched as the girls bounced around the mansion, appearing carefree, bedbug free and parking ticket-free.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
That means that many bedbug encounters go unreported to a government agency, he suggested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
The bedbug break-out during Paris fashion week this fall was obviously horrifying, but the bad news doesn’t stop there.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2023
In Hong Kong, recent reports of a bedbug sighting on an airport train led to several days of feverish news coverage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
Good thing I’d bought kerosene; I could soak Jim’s hat in it and evict all the bedbug roomers.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
According to the British Pest Control Association, external, during the warmer months of the year bedbugs, thrive due to being more active, feeding and mating.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
He often gets bitten by bedbugs and walks with a cane, making climbing up and down from his bed difficult.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
But not even McDonald’s has called him, and his wife’s part-time gig washing dishes in a restaurant barely covers the $2,500 they pay each month in rent for an apartment infested with bedbugs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
I couldn’t remember whether I’d slept on the floor out of fear of assassins or bedbugs.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
