itchy
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"A mouse can't say that it's itchy," Duan said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Not only do they drive residents nuts with itchy bites, but they can carry a number of potentially serious diseases, including dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Jurors at Nix's trial heard how she had initially claimed in 1978 that Andrea had taken a bath on her own, and later complained of "itchy legs" before fainting.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Women are now pursuing treatment for symptoms like hot flashes, brain fog, insomnia and dry, itchy skin.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
It’s like this family can’t stop picking at me like some itchy scab.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Scratch that bite now, and it only gets itchier later.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2022
Even our backyards’ poison ivy is getting stronger and itchier.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
The researchers surmised that increased levels of CO2 in coming decades would lead to bigger, faster growing, and itchier poison ivy plants.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2021
Still, this paragraph made me feel itchier than the rest.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
The white stockings are new though, and even itchier than the brown ones I wear to school.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Musk had the biggest wallet, and the itchiest tweeting finger, and the widest eyes.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2022
As a result, investors are equipped with the itchiest trigger fingers ever in one of the touchiest periods in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2012
Even after all these years, Eddie Rickenbacker, 77, the World War I flying ace, still has the itchiest trigger finger in the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This bum, memorably played by Donald Pleasence, is the smelliest, itchiest, un-deloused scamp ever plucked from the rim of a rubbish barrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“I’m itchy all over. I’m the itchiest in the world.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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