cockroach
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An online satirical campaign with an AI-generated cockroach as its mascot, the CJP is not a real party but has evolved into a powerful platform for young people's anxieties and dissent.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Supporters from across India are literally feeding "cockroach" education-reform protesters camped in the capital, sending a deluge of pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and tea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
"You're looking at almost 2,000 people surging in, 111 dogs, medical teams as well. We go in with these micro drones, they call them cockroach drones, that help us find people in the buildings."
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Gautam Tamboliya, a 21-year-old student from India’s Haryana state, carried India’s national flag and wore a lapel pin with an image of a cockroach on it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Then she poked me in the back, like I was a cockroach, and I hissed.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The protesters, who call themselves cockroaches, have been demonstrating for a month now, with some members also going on hunger strike.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Never mind the rats and cockroaches — it’s the churn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Last month, he posted a question on X: “What if all cockroaches came together?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
More than 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches - some as big as the palm of a hand - have been seized by Australian authorities from a commercial breeder in New South Wales.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The smooth black bumps he had taken for rocks were actually the backs of another dozen or so enormous cockroaches.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
