How to Use kissing bug in a Sentence

kissing bug

noun
  • What's a triatomine, or 'kissing bug'?
    — Greta Cross, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike ticks, kissing bugs do not attach to a host.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike ticks, kissing bugs do not attach to a host.
    — Greta Cross, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike ticks, kissing bugs do not attach to a host.
    — Greta Cross, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike ticks, kissing bugs do not attach to a host.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Eleven types of kissing bugs can be found in the United States.
    — Greta Cross, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Eleven types of kissing bugs can be found in the United States.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What do bloodsucking kissing bugs look like?
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • In the United States, there are 11 types of kissing bugs.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists have found kissing bugs in 32 states, the new report says.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • What are the symptoms of Chagas, or 'kissing bug' disease?
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • What are the symptoms of Chagas, or 'kissing bug' disease?
    — Greta Cross, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Has 'kissing bug' disease been found in Indiana?
    — Greta Cross, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The Mayo Clinic also advises that people avoid sleeping in a mud or thatch house, since kissing bugs thrive in those environments.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In California, kissing bugs typically do not defecate while biting people.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
  • Although kissing bugs have been identified in 32 states, Chagas disease has been considered nonendemic in the country, the CDC said.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025

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