roaches
- plural of roach.
Example Sentences
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It is easy enough to love dogs, cats and bunny rabbits, but what about roaches, wasps, snakes, vultures, rats and other largely unloved critters?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Participants also are frequently barred from bringing in outside food, to keep from attracting roaches, mice and other pests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
In transit, bedsheets, scraps of paper, even Bibles are lit on fire and used to burn out roaches crawling through cracks and hiding in the crevices.
From Slate ● May 19, 2025
In an emotional reunion with his brother in Paita, near the Ecuadorian border, on Friday, he described how he had eaten roaches and birds before resorting to sea turtles.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Until the stadium, he hadn’t seen anyone but the roaches.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
