flea

Example Sentences

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The owner of the veterinary clinic arrived at work at 6:30 a.m. and found the dog, which was “extremely malnourished,” infested with fleas and missing a tooth, Spitzer said.

From Los Angeles Times

She got hers from a flea market, but it has becoming ever easier to buy knockoff furniture and home goods online.

From Barron's

When Morris moved back to L.A., she “started going out alone to dinner, to festivals, going to flea markets,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a flea-market Final Four, and it takes a good spirit to relish flea markets.

From Washington Post

I gave up on growing arugula in my garden in the spring because flea beetles left the leaves looking like a window screen.

From Salon