flea
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And Berlin’s flea markets are always worth exploring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Gnocchi is on a flea prevention plan, Zephyr wears an air tag and Nill’s pram gives Lana and Steve a safe enclosure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Visiting the Pochaina flea market 10 days after the Russian attack, AFP journalists could still smell the mix of burnt metal and plastic hanging in the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He started selling vintage clothes 11 years ago, when he was 15, switched to kids vintage at 20 and has spent the last six years scouring flea markets, websites and swap meets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Compared to his flea pictures, Hooke's cells attracted little notice in 1665.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
A clergyman I met at Reagan National Airport recently told me that our world is as filled with corruption as a Latin American animal shelter is filled with fleas.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Many vets do not treat their own pets monthly, the committee heard, instead regularly checking their pets' fur with flea combs and restricting use to when fleas were spotted.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Scott: We did a nice dinner down by the beach, and everyone got bit by the sand fleas that weren’t supposed to be there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Often, people are exposed to the disease when infected fleas are carried indoors on pets or other animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
