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The lawsuits allege that property managers failed to respond to rodent and bedbug infestations, flooding and criminal squatters in vacant units, as well as broken heating systems in winter and sewage backups on G Street. — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, "District sues landlord Sanford Capital over poor housing conditions. Again.," 15 Feb. 2018 This spring, there were reports of bedbugs in the men’s dorm at another village. — Vianna Davila, The Seattle Times, "Tiny-home villages are a key part of Seattle’s homeless strategy. So why did one village lack case management for three months?," 16 July 2018 For more information, visit the EPA’s extensive bedbug guide here. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "You Should Always Check Every Inch of Your Hotel Room for Bedbugs—Here's How," 24 Apr. 2018 Probably mosquitoes; bedbugs are slackers and don't travel far between bites. — Caitlin Moscatello, Redbook, "The Best Tactics to Bedbug-Proof Your House," 26 Jan. 2011 Philly’s got bedbugs, and no good way to deal with them. Reading this online? — Oona Goodin-smith, Philly.com, "Why Philly is a bad place to get bedbugs, ringing in the Fourth with protests and Pitbull | Morning Newsletter," 5 July 2018 Inspectors and epidemiologists for the Health Department who arrived last week at Belmont Park in Elmont N.Y., found signs of the vermin, as well as bedbugs, in the squalid cottages and barracks where the grooms and tack are housed. — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, "Hantavirus Was Not the Cause of Belmont Park Worker’s Death," 24 June 2018 On top of the water and fire damage, there were bedbugs, rats and roaches, crumbling structures, mold, faulty electricity, and unreliable heat and hot water. — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, "Rent strikes grow in popularity among tenants as gentrification drives up rents in cities like D.C.," 9 June 2018 Also noted in the report, the 18 calls to report bedbug problems in 2017 was down from the 24 complaints received in 2015 but more than double the eight received in 2016. — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, "Calls about rodents down in 2017, but uptick in bedbugs and West Nile reports, Evanston health officials say," 12 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bedbug.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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