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[flee] / fli /




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Kelbaugh has since 1971 scoured antique shows and flea markets for images of Black Americans which in the early days few collectors were interested in.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mom would go to garage sales and flea markets to buy them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Gnocchi is on a flea prevention plan, Zephyr wears an air tag and Nill’s pram gives Lana and Steve a safe enclosure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Visiting the Pochaina flea market 10 days after the Russian attack, AFP journalists could still smell the mix of burnt metal and plastic hanging in the air.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Aside from an occasional trip to the flea market, my knowledge of Paris is limited to what I learned in Gigi.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

It’s caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis that infects fleas and the small mammals that host fleas, and there are actually three types of plague depending on which part of the body becomes infected.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Humans usually contract it from fleas that have fed on infected wild rodents, or sometimes by handling the tissue or body fluids of a diseased animal, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A clergyman I met at Reagan National Airport recently told me that our world is as filled with corruption as a Latin American animal shelter is filled with fleas.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The cats are all fixed, vaccinated, tested for FIV/Felv, microchipped and treated for fleas and worms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Robots didn’t have fleas or dig up flower beds, except when their circuits were old.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer


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