pest

Example Sentences

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During the race, he expressed his love of bodega cats, who hang out in New York City convenience stores keeping unwanted pests away.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers were unsure whether locusts might still enter treated plots from nearby untreated fields or whether higher protein plants might attract other pests.

From Science Daily

There have been more than 66,000 pest reports and complaints made to councils and housing authorities across Northern Ireland since 2020.

From BBC

Ghanem left the group in April 2023 and moved back to Nashville, where he started his own pest control company, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Though if it had been a cane toad - one of the country's most damaging, and ugly pests - that would be another story, she said.

From BBC