flea
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The industry body representing flea treatment companies defended the use of preventive flea treatments as important for animal health.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
He started selling vintage clothes 11 years ago, when he was 15, switched to kids vintage at 20 and has spent the last six years scouring flea markets, websites and swap meets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
She said testing had not detected flea treatment products in treated drinking water.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
Jersey Water said there was no evidence pet and flea treatments were present in the supply.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
The story included a couple of quotes from me—one was about Dad needing to work on his self-control, and the other was about how he wouldn’t hurt a flea.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
Rodents can harm people through bites and scratches as well as their urine, droppings and fleas.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Scott: We did a nice dinner down by the beach, and everyone got bit by the sand fleas that weren’t supposed to be there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Often, people are exposed to the disease when infected fleas are carried indoors on pets or other animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
This was a major own-goal, to be sure, but one could say that Starmer lay down with a dog and got up with fleas.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
Even when the winter’s bad and others starve and freeze, We’ve porridge from the kennels — But we also have the fleas.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
