roach

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Recent Examples of roach Lesson learned: the three tarantulas were the defensive redoubt that had repelled the roaches. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 Those violations included roach activity, food at the wrong temperatures and raw eggs stored over mayonnaise. Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025 But the potential of roaches transcends tradition and anecdote. Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 Those violations included raw food not separated from ready-to-eat food, roach activity and food held at the wrong temperatures. Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roach
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Noun
  • Meanwhile, her poodle-curly blonde hairdo and bedroom eyes handily evoke Julie Christie in Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the OG revisionist western and just the sort of touchstone this film needs to conjure in order make its intentions clear.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
  • Fresh newlywed Kristen Stewart is stepping out on the Croisette with a wardrobe of Chanel and a new hairdo.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • The parade of state champions has done it with flair, both in their performance and their coiffure.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
  • The term hair-raising takes on new meaning as two performers contort their bodies high above the stage, connected only by their coiffures.
    Karen D'Souza, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Julianne Moore just distilled every major hair trend of summer 2025 into one effortlessly chic haircut.
    Laura Solla, Vogue, 24 May 2025
  • Of even greater offense was Pattinson’s fluffy, Kennedy-esque haircut and — worse still — a patch of fur visible on his chest.
    Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • On the way to the conk pad, Mike runs over the f–ing show!
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Photo : Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC When viewed from the front three-quarters angle, the smart little ducktail is hidden by the Vantage’s massive rear hips.
    Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
  • Quad exhausts sit flush against the bumper, and a neat active aero ducktail spoiler sits at the rear.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sarah Jessica Parker parted ways with her staple hairstyle on Wednesday night to channel an early 2000s aesthetic that’s highly controversial in the beauty world.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • Cut to a triumphant walk by Nan in a bright red dress with a bold hairstyle as guests turn heads.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Her speed keeps the plot aloft and, yes, covers some occasional thinness, in the manner of a comedy comb-over.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Presented here, through some visual trickery, as a diminutive schlump with a hideous comb-over, Hawke doesn’t exactly disappear into the role, which strikes me as fortuitous and perhaps deliberate.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Roach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roach. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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