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Recent Examples of roach
Whitmore Pest and Wildlife Control offers pest control services for spiders and other pests like roaches, flies, beetles, stinging insects, and more.
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The apartment was crawling with roaches and other bugs, swarming with flies and the carpets were soiled.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2024
Those violations included washing with a sanitizer that wasn’t at the appropriate strength, roach activity and a stop-sale on food due to temperature abuse.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Here's how to get rid of roaches and keep them away.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The apartment was crawling with roaches and other bugs, swarming with flies and the carpets were soiled.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2024
Those violations included washing with a sanitizer that wasn’t at the appropriate strength, roach activity and a stop-sale on food due to temperature abuse.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Here's how to get rid of roaches and keep them away.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roach
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The model, TikTok star, and Miu Miu’s front row-er took more than a few inches off her chest-length hairdo last year, and has since experimented with her parting, texture, and bangs on her short bob.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Rihanna, in an archival Christian Lacroix couture hat, sheathed her mid-length black hairdo with the exception of two face-framing strands.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
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Pearce, in a magnificent performance, plays him as a kind of citadel—towering yet human-scaled, his immaculate dress and coiffure barely mussed by the occasional burst of temper or spasm of ego.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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As National Geographic noted in its exploration of presidential coiffures, from George Washington's tight white curls to Donald Trump's golden locks, hairstyles have long been a cultural fixation.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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In many countries, almanacs still advise auspicious and inauspicious days for tasks ranging from getting a haircut to starting a new business deal.Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Ultra Short Bobs Bob have been the go-to short haircut, dominating our feeds in 2024.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn, New York Times, 13 June 2024
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There is always a temptation to make the temporary permanent, which is why the peace government must prioritize elections.Ashraf Ghani, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2021
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That’s what the slick dude with the conk and the blue Pontiac says to Elwood, who is hitching a ride to get to college.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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Everybody had a new car and a conk.New York Times, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
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At the back, there's a massive diffuser and a projecting ducktail spoiler.New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2025
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Apart from some bodywork accents, a unique ducktail spoiler, and the car’s lack of a tailpipe, the EV reimagining of the 911 looks nearly identical to its six-cylinder counterpart.Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
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Though a standard for the style set, the sleek option doubles as a wedding hairstyle fit for English nobility. 26.Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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In recent years, The Pokémon Company has made some efforts to be a little more LGBT-friendly – the decision to let either gender player character in Scarlet and Violet wear any clothes, accessories, and hairstyles is a welcome move – but actual canon LGBT+ characters are few and far between.Oliver Brandt, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Excited fans got a sneak peek of Hunnam dressed as Gein on set, complete with trousers, a plaid shirt and jacket and a comb-over hairstyle.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Because Smith already looked rather similar to a young Chase, the hair department was able to recreate the latter’s distinct rectangular hairline and floppy comb-over style by zhuzhing Smith’s natural hair.Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Roach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roach. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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