cockroach
Example Sentences
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As for animal metaphors, the squid has been joined by the cockroach.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
In academia, the strategy of trapping customers is sometimes called the “roach motel,” she explained, a reference to a popular television ad from the late 1970s for a cockroach trap.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
Some readers imagine Kafka’s protagonist, Gregor Samsa, a hardworking salesman in a city that seems analogous to Kafka’s native Prague, has morphed into a cockroach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
That led CEO Jamie Dimon to utter a memorable sentiment: “When you see one cockroach, there are probably more.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
Granted, it was sitting up on its back legs, a very unnatural-looking position for a cockroach, but still...
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
