bugs
Example Sentences
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Protests have erupted over bugs being found in the detention center's food, W said, while lights are kept on 24 hours a day, making it difficult to sleep.
From Barron's
He was a new kind of lizard: a kind that didn't eat bugs, only peanut butter.
From Literature
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He knew they sprayed a stinky smell to protect themselves, and he knew they were mammals, and he knew they were omnivores because they ate bugs and smaller animals and plants, too.
From Literature
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He rubbed his belly and said June bugs had more flavor and crunch than flies.
From Literature
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While most people recover within a week, four British people have died within months of contracting stomach bugs while on holiday there.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.