bedbug
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A bedbug-sniffing dog deployed by the Encore found a live bedbug on Dec. 5 after a guest complained, according to the news station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
That means that many bedbug encounters go unreported to a government agency, he suggested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
The bedbug break-out during Paris fashion week this fall was obviously horrifying, but the bad news doesn’t stop there.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2023
In Hong Kong, recent reports of a bedbug sighting on an airport train led to several days of feverish news coverage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
"Can't stand around chitchatting about a murder that never happened. Sam Westing was a madman. Insane. Crazy as a bedbug."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
He often gets bitten by bedbugs and walks with a cane, making climbing up and down from his bed difficult.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
As a bonus, it also works against bedbugs, which are also evolving pesticide resistance.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
Judge Alexia Durran noted there had been a problem with bedbugs in the defendant's block of flats.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
I thought about the sickness and the insanity that crept like bedbugs through families while they slept.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
