roach
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Some large coarse fish, such as chub, roach and dace were also killed.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Despite the roach infestation, JPMorgan dived into External link private credit, along with the rest of Wall Street, with Dimon reckoning his bank could handle the risk.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I was quarantined in an apartment building with a roach infestation.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
The typical alternative fund is “a roach motel,” says Auwaerter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Her eyes followed a roach that darted beneath the refrigerator.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
“You turn the lights on, and the roaches run.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Inmates are housed in unsafe, dirty facilities infested with roaches and rats, Bonta said in a news conference Monday, and lack basic access to clean water and edible food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
In transit, bedsheets, scraps of paper, even Bibles are lit on fire and used to burn out roaches crawling through cracks and hiding in the crevices.
From Slate ● May 19, 2025
In an emotional reunion with his brother in Paita, near the Ecuadorian border, on Friday, he described how he had eaten roaches and birds before resorting to sea turtles.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Thinking fast, Palmer told them the refrigerator had broken, roaches had infested the kitchen, and they had nothing in the house but tuna fish and water.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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