cockroach

Example Sentences

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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

Private credit has been a worry for the markets since last year, with the busts of First Brands and Tricolor prompting JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to warn about “cockroaches” emerging in the sector.

From Barron's

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