bed bug
- a variation of bedbug.
Example Sentences
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Homeless people at a hostel in Belfast have said living conditions at the facility, including a bed bug infestation, are making them ill.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
The complaint, filed in December 2021, alleges the two men rented a room at the hotel and immediately began experiencing bed bug bites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
"The annual fiscal impact of bed bug infestation in the U.S. is estimated to be $1 billion," Chow-Yang Lee, a professor of urban entomology at the University of California, Riverside told Salon by email.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024
A pensioner is at his "wits end" after being driven to sleep in his car due to a bed bug infestation in his flat owned by a retirement housing company.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
But in the bed bug it is easy to see that the beak is made up of the two pairs of jaws, which are simply elongated and adapted for piercing and sucking.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
