vermin
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The bacterium Yersinia pestis, which can cause pneumonic and bubonic plague, has been identified from time to time in Siberia, linked to exposure to vermin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Residents, they said, were fed up with exposure to toxic smoke, the smell of rotting food, swarms of flies and other vermin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It also involves the ability to communicate with stressed customers who want insects and vermin gone — and the stomach to accomplish the task.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
"There are vermin in the kitchen and in beds. It is overcrowded, it's even more overcrowding now that these protests have gone on in Tehran," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
The room was warm and quite small but entirely free of dirt, vermin, and mice.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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