cockroach

Example Sentences

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As for animal metaphors, the squid has been joined by the cockroach.

From Barron's

Said McDonald: “Every four or five weeks, there is another cockroach. This is going to be with us for at least another quarter or two until the trust level comes back.”

From MarketWatch

They were slimy with mildew, crawling with cockroaches, but to me they seemed the furniture of heaven itself.

From Literature

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC

Read on: Private-credit ‘cockroaches’ and the AI ‘scare trade’ hammered stocks in February.

From MarketWatch