bedbug
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A bedbug-sniffing dog deployed by the Encore found a live bedbug on Dec. 5 after a guest complained, according to the news station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
That means that many bedbug encounters go unreported to a government agency, he suggested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
The bedbug break-out during Paris fashion week this fall was obviously horrifying, but the bad news doesn’t stop there.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2023
In Hong Kong, recent reports of a bedbug sighting on an airport train led to several days of feverish news coverage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The door opened and her Mama came in and told Portia that Miss Brown had said she found a bedbug in her room.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
He often gets bitten by bedbugs and walks with a cane, making climbing up and down from his bed difficult.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
In 2022, the Disneyland Resort agreed to pay $100,000 to a resort hotel guest in a lawsuit settlement addressing claims she was bitten by bedbugs during a visit in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
A single mum in Kent has said she is in despair after being moved to social housing infested with bedbugs.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
Scourin’ floors, washin’ win-ders and curtains, and scrubbin’ furniture like they’s cooties or bedbugs in ever piece.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
