roach
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Lucy Galvin, the city council leader, said she and other residents had noticed dead pike, carp, roach, eel, rudd and dace.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
Mrs. Reilly sighed and looked at the floor to see whether the baby roach was still around and functioning.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
“You turn the lights on, and the roaches run.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Participants also are frequently barred from bringing in outside food, to keep from attracting roaches, mice and other pests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
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
As I sat at her table, she put the rubbish sack in a covered dish to dissuade the rats and roaches.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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