cockroach
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Prior reports by county social workers and San José police “documented significant cockroach infestations,” according to the district attorney’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The leaders of India's youth-led online "cockroach" movement were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Attempts to discredit the cockroach protests in similar ways, however, gained less traction for a number of reasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Apparently no one’s actually breathing, because it’s so quiet in the gym, you could hear a cockroach fart.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
Prosecutors said Aurora was one of seven children, ages 2 months to 17 years, who lived in an East San José house on Lancelot Lane that was filled with cockroaches, pet feces, garbage and mold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The group began as online satire after India's Chief Justice Surya Kant compared some unemployed young people to cockroaches during a court hearing in May.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Cockroach party started as a viral online movement in response to the chief justice’s comments comparing unemployed young people to cockroaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
"Arresting cockroaches straight off their flight shows an unprecedented level of fear."
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
In the next minute, ten or so cockroaches plopped into the water on either side of the bow.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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