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: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (especially Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
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Fifteen tenants from Omaha Housing Authority (OHA) high-rises have filed a class-action lawsuit, alleging the agency ignored bedbug infestations that caused years of physical and emotional distress.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1923, the brothers wrote a song about bedbugs and cooties and started a club with a steep entry fee: To be initiated into the organization, new members had to consent to getting stuck with pins.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
Since Paris was awarded the Games, there has been a global pandemic — which first postponed the Tokyo Olympics and then forced it behind closed doors — conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, inflationary pressures, and screaming headlines about bedbug infestations hitting Paris.
—Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
Another disclosure goes into the history of any bedbug infestations.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1923, the brothers wrote a song about bedbugs and cooties and started a club with a steep entry fee: To be initiated into the organization, new members had to consent to getting stuck with pins.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
Since Paris was awarded the Games, there has been a global pandemic — which first postponed the Tokyo Olympics and then forced it behind closed doors — conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, inflationary pressures, and screaming headlines about bedbug infestations hitting Paris.
—Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
Another disclosure goes into the history of any bedbug infestations.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg 
: a wingless bloodsucking bug sometimes infesting houses and especially beds
Medical Definition
bedbug
noun
bed·bug
ˈbed-ˌbəg
: a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood
called also chinch
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