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
In just under three months, 30-year-old Abhijeet Dipke - the founder and face of India's Gen Z "cockroach" protests - has acquired the kind of celebrity status normally reserved for a breakout actor or cricketer.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Indian journalist Varghese George describes the BJP’s confrontation with the cockroach protesters as a face-off between India’s older “WhatsApp generation” and the “Instagram generation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Then she poked me in the back, like I was a cockroach, and I hissed.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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 group stemmed from a joke made by Dipke in response to a remark by Chief Justice Surya Kant, who had likened jobless youngsters to "cockroaches".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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
“Probably full of giant cockroaches and bats,” he thought.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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