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exterminator

[ik-stur-muh-ney-ter] / ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪ tər /




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The second reports calling in a professional exterminator, but after a week or two the mice returned.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

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

A man posing as a pest exterminator tried to gain access to a San Diego hotel that operates as a shelter for migrant families.

From New York Times Jun. 2, 2024

He didn’t pursue acting full time until he was in his 40s, working for a time as an exterminator.

From Seattle Times Dec. 24, 2023

Another pawned her sewing machine and summoned an exterminator.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The association added that when hotels encounter bedbugs, guests are relocated and exterminators are called, in accordance with health and safety guidelines.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2024

In the game description, it says players - who take on the roles of exterminators - are tasked with treating "mysterious infestations caused by twisted versions of classic characters and urban legends".

From BBC Jan. 2, 2024

Germany survived, grew, thrived; Germans carried on; the world had little use for those who wished to dwell on the extermination of European Jews, or for how to deal with the exterminators themselves.

From Slate Nov. 30, 2023

Witchers are this world's exterminators except the vermin they hunt are deadly creatures from another sphere of existence.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2023

However, the recent development of resistance to these insecticides confronts the exterminators with the problem of where to go next.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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