cockroach
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At the hospital, an insect fell from the girl’s shoe, and a staffer saw a cockroach crawling on her, the district attorney’s office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The founder of India's youth-led online "cockroach" movement and two other leaders were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
He said he had already dealt with six cockroach jobs this month.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose blowing are winners of Ig Nobel prizes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Forward, Neville, and finish him off!” said Lupin as the boggart landed on the floor as a cockroach.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Prosecutors said Aurora was one of seven children, ages 2 months to 17 years, who lived in an East San José house on Lancelot Lane that was filled with cockroaches, pet feces, garbage and mold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Cockroach party started as a viral online movement in response to the chief justice’s comments comparing unemployed young people to cockroaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
"Arresting cockroaches straight off their flight shows an unprecedented level of fear."
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
"It's full of cockroaches, rats. It's disgusting in there, filthy."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The plump one said, “You know there’s food piled in São Tomé crawling with cockroaches because there’s no way to bring it in.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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