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exterminator

[ik-stur-muh-ney-ter] / ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪ tər /




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One is the Jewish son of an exterminator who rose to Harvard; the other the cerebral product of a striving Black middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

He started out as an exterminator in New York City and has spent his life immersed in rats.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

“Bees are still wild animals” but nothing to call an exterminator for, Durboraw said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

A man posing as a pest exterminator tried to gain access to a San Diego hotel that operates as a shelter for migrant families.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024

A roar of noise—an exterminator just leaving a house, pump bellowing—overtakes them.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr