How to Use skeeter in a Sentence

skeeter

noun
  • The skeeter strategy Zheng explains that the challenge with the approach was how to vaccinate the bats.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Some microbiomes attracted the skeeters; others repelled them.
    ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • If those comments are any indication, the American people aren’t exactly thrilled with the idea of a tech company releasing millions of skeeters into the wild.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • And while screen doors and a healthy (or, in hindsight, not-so-healthy) dose of DDT might have done the trick in the 1950s, nowadays, the war on skeeters has entered a new front.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Pesky skeeters are irritating Lake County residents as the number of insects carrying the worrisome West Nile Virus climbs.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025

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