flea
Example Sentences
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But hot is hot, and the layers of my brother’s clothes were wet with sweat and itching me like fleas.
From Literature
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At the vets, it was discovered Floss was dehydrated, extremely underweight and anaemic, most likely due to the combination of malnutrition and fleas.
From BBC
Ricki Lake took to Instagram on Monday to share the “craziest” story of how a stranger had found her old family photos “at a freaking flea market.”
From Los Angeles Times
Sick City Records has several fundraisers and flea market pop-ups planned before the end of the year.
From Los Angeles Times
As the shipments were moved to additional cities, including Padua, these fleas could have helped accelerate the spread of the Black Death throughout Europe.
From Science Daily
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