mosquito

Example Sentences

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Tired of spending frigid winters shoveling snow, or of sweating bullets and swatting mosquitoes in the summer?

From MarketWatch

Malaria, caused by a parasite that spreads through bites from Anopheles mosquitoes, has symptoms that include fever, chills, sweats, nausea and vomiting, and headaches.

From Seattle Times

As mosquitos descended at dusk, Pena doused her children in the last of their bug spray.

From Reuters

Ms Wang was checked by emergency services, who determined that she was unharmed during the ordeal - with the exception of some mosquito bites.

From BBC

At the time, the modest island resort, formerly a mosquito fleet terminal and later a laundromat, was a stop along the Northwest version of the hippie trail.

From Seattle Times