ants

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His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

While at UNR, she traveled to Costa Rica to pursue a multimedia story on using leafcutter ants to create vaccines, and to Paris to report on the 2024 Summer Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

And at a certain point, you get over the sleep-deprivation feeling of tiny ants biting the inside of your skull.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

The job targeting cockroaches, ants, mice and rats is less vulnerable to being replaced by AI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

“Lots of ants; rather hard work,” he wrote in his diary.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple