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Recent Examples of roach
Rodents can chew through unopened packages, and bugs, such as ants and roaches, are attracted to sugar and starch.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
Inspectors found live roaches and flies and were found inside the establishment.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
Stoners aren’t littering a joint roach but flower-bombing the world.
—Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Heavy organic matter was found in the ice machine and dead roaches were found in the restroom, dry storage and walk-in cooler drain.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
Inspectors found live roaches and flies and were found inside the establishment.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
Stoners aren’t littering a joint roach but flower-bombing the world.
—Lindsey Bartlett, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
Heavy organic matter was found in the ice machine and dead roaches were found in the restroom, dry storage and walk-in cooler drain.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roach
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Elsa Lanchester earned her place in film history with no dialogue and only three minutes of screen time as the beast's eponymous Bride, a performance that was influenced by Lanchester's negative observations of swans and made all the more bizarre by her stiff hairdo and foot-and-a-half tall stilts.Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jack Black was Steve; Jason Momoa was sporting maybe the worst hairdo he’s ever had.Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
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The coiffure featured Sweeney’s blonde mane pulled back in a loose knot, decorated with a pearl accessory from Jennifer Behr.Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2024
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Still, kudos to the hair team for his three vivid coiffures: an insipid swoop, an aggressive buzz cut and a monkish raze.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
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Either way, Cleveland recommends asking your stylist to find the haircut best for your face shape, as well as products that will enhance your new cut between salon visits.Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
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Feeling that unfair terms were being forced on them, many have refused the haircut, throwing everything into doubt.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 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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Everybody had a new car and a conk.New York Times, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
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The spectral and the barely discernible devotions become manifest as Holy Ghost, though also borne in Malcolm X’s stance and the Godfather of Soul’s conk.Saidiya Hartman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
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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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The styling pays homage to the iconic 1973 Carrera RS and its ducktail rear spoiler, but also an earlier 2010 Sport Classic that similarly featured wheels reminiscent of the old Fuchs alloys, and Zagato-like roof bubbles, meant to accommodate taller drivers wearing helmets.Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
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Yes, beauty looks are primarily about makeup, but what pulls it all together is a great hairstyle.Celeste Polanco, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024
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The multitude of braided protective styles available (like stitch cornrows, passion twists, Fulani braids, and boho braids) turn switching up your hairstyle into a choose-your-own-adventure game.Kiara Byrd, Allure, 31 Oct. 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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Bree, floating in a druggy haze, is surrounded by sweaty men with comb-overs.Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Roach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roach. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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