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He and his team take what’s known as an integrated mosquito management approach to protect Salt Lake City residents from the incessant itch that the pests bring.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s that saliva that triggers an immune response in humans—and makes us itch long after the mosquito has gone.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
It's so stupid and basic, and yet it scratches a tried-and-tested musical itch with such precision that you have to admire its audacity.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to Duan, the newly identified "mechanical itch" pathway may provide an entirely new target for future therapies.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The way you laugh until you cry, the way you eat until your stomach aches, the way you scratch an itch until it bleeds.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
His first film in 12 years itches to confront today’s moral limits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the park, a sunburned figure itches an arm cast; another slumps on a bench, picking at his eyes.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
The reader itches to learn more about the enormous figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
He will not consider coming off it, because when he tries, his skin itches.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024
Some schoolchildren are singing a song from My Fair Lady, and my hand itches to turn up the volume.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
He had 28-day-old sutures he contemplated removing himself because they itched so badly.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
When University of Copenhagen evolutionary ecologist Kasun Bodawatta handled feathers from the Regent Whistler and the Rufous-naped Bellbird, his eyes teared up and itched like he was chopping onions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
Once the band began to click as a whole, a natural fatigue from rehearsing kicked in as the cast itched to begin filming.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Uncanny Keith had massive, muscular shoulders which prevented it from reaching the back of its own head, where the hair itched and chafed along its annoyingly upright spine.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2022
His face itched and his pillow was damp.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“I’m kind of itching to get back going,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The findings, made in mouse models, reveal a dedicated sensory system that may eventually help scientists develop better treatments for chronic itching disorders.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
With the jab, you may get little bit of skin redness, itching or mild swelling where you inject.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
For those itching to upgrade, there are glasses with in-lens displays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The itching nearly drove them from their minds.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
