exterminator
Example Sentences
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The second reports calling in a professional exterminator, but after a week or two the mice returned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
He started out as an exterminator in New York City and has spent his life immersed in rats.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
The department also said that its own inspection this week did not reveal any black worms, and that the jail maintains a contract with an exterminator.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
He didn’t pursue acting full time until he was in his 40s, working for a time as an exterminator.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023
By that time, Mr. Guareschi, who had heard all the screaming, was trying to get the exterminator to go inside the tennis courts to catch the rats.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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