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cockroach

[kok-rohch] / ˈkɒkˌroʊtʃ /


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He said his company had dealt with hundreds of cockroach jobs in the past 12 months, compared with just a handful a year five years ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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

The Indian journalist Varghese George describes the BJP’s confrontation with the cockroach protesters as a face-off between India’s older “WhatsApp generation” and the “Instagram generation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Olanna sat on a stool and carefully avoided looking at the cockroach eggs, smooth black capsules, lodged in all corners of the table.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

The CJP, which has millions of followers on social media, emerged in May initially as a satirical response to Chief Justice Surya Kant reportedly likening young people to "cockroaches" and "parasites" during a court hearing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Cool Machine” is a modern masterpiece and an ode to New York, no matter that rats skitter and cockroaches scamper underfoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Spilling off the internet and into real life, young volunteers to the movement have turned up dressed as cockroaches at clean-up drives and protests.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

I told her about how I hated Darren Ackleman more than a million hissing cockroaches.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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