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stowaways
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Any efforts to grow plants will necessarily lead to the introduction of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes — whether intentionally as useful symbionts or as accidental stowaways.—
Scott E. Solomon,
STAT,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Experts believe Joro spiders were stowaways in shipping containers back in 2014, and that’s how they were introduced to the United States.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Hijackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hijackers. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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