gnat
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The novel opens by describing a local gnat infestation that seems to have spread to the writing, because all the words containing “nat” have been given a silent “g,” as in “extermignate” and “gnaturally.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
A few minutes after the Mercury won the tip, Griner ran down the floor and erased a shot from a Sparks player off the glass like a giant shooing a gnat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2023
“Seems to me we’re taking a bazooka to a gnat problem,” he said during the debate.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023
The gnat does not attack the plant, its larvae feed on the feeder roots of the tree.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023
The Gondwannan Ambassador struck the She Elephant with a blast, but she shook it off like a gnat bite.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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