termite
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“It’s like a termite almost, just kind of chips away every day,” Sohn said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Wilson wonders if his particular termite art — treating street B-roll like a hidden archive of absurd humanity — has a place in the cutthroat film world of today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Taken together, the work points toward a different style of termite control.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The problem for a growing termite is that this armor cannot simply stretch forever.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
They had already selected a termite hill about half a mile away.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Groups that began with 50 percent exposed termites showed a broadly similar survival pattern.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Within 24 to 48 hours, material from the exposed termites had reached previously untreated nestmates.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Drywood termites are remarkably good at disappearing into the very material they destroy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Even more strikingly, groups in which only 5 percent of the termites had initially encountered bistrifluron eventually reached 100 percent mortality by day 90.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
A lot of people in la cité do cook with wood, which they have to nibble secretively from each other’s houses at night, like termites.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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