vermin

Example Sentences

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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

County’s jails, describing filthy conditions, vermin and insect infestations, a lack of clean water and moldy and spoiled food.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 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

They became expert vermin hunters until Blue Bill found a cliff near the Pepacton Reservoir.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George