vermin

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Army, had unleashed on Peter and a fellow soldier while they were hospitalized: mind control through miniature vermin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The collapse of super-leveraged U.S. companies First Brands and Tricolor, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s subsequent vermin warning, have affected financial names on both sides of the Atlantic.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

By aiming above a wall, they could pelt the town behind it with beehives, scorpions, snakes, flaming pitch, rotten vermin, or excrement.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

In a written question, Lord Berkeley asked what consideration has been given to using cats for vermin control across the Parliamentary Estate.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

We and our vermin all blossomed together out of the same humid soil in the Great Rift Valley, and so far no one is really winning.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver