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What begins as a genial, possibly sentimental coming-of-age tale turns out to harbor a wormy heart, infested with dysfunction and abuse deep.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The beetles infest a tree by the end of summer and wait patiently in the wood.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025
With clapboard hulls, brick keels and carpeted decks, these battleships were more likely infested with squirrels, more likely circled by pigeons than albatrosses.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
My coleus leaves and stems are starting to be infested with mealybugs.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
The beetles infest a tree by the end of summer and wait patiently in the wood.
—Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025
With clapboard hulls, brick keels and carpeted decks, these battleships were more likely infested with squirrels, more likely circled by pigeons than albatrosses.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
My coleus leaves and stems are starting to be infested with mealybugs.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infest
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No mysteries plagued Preller this summer as far as which Padres positions needed upgrades ahead of the July 31 trade deadline.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Microbes could be redesigned to remediate poisonous perchlorates that plague the soil, opening the way for Eden-like gardens across expanding oases, and releasing oxygen in the process to slowly build up the atmosphere.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Morgellons disease, a form of delusional parasitosis, is a contested condition in which people are thought to have a false belief that they are infected by parasites, mites, worms or other organisms, despite testing suggesting the contrary, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Florida health officials are warning people about the possible risks of consuming raw milk after 21 people, including children, were recently infected all from one farm.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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On March 11, 1968, Vietnamese commandos overran the site in Laos with grenades and mortars, and the American men sought safety on a narrow ledge atop the mountain.—
Lauren Brensel,
Sun Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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In nearly identical claims, the attorneys alleged the city failed to maintain a safe runway safety area and runway protection zone at Falcon Field Airport and failed to install a form of barrier to prevent an aircraft from overrunning the runway and entering the public roadway.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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Adam crawls along the floor, left, about to put his finger in an electrical outlet, right, while his baby watches from afar.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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The company argued that its AI assistants operate on behalf of a user's request and are not systematically crawling the web for training data.—
Paulo Carvão,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Don’t be afraid to refuse additional tasks that could overwhelm you.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Given that the implementation of all this may overwhelm hospital waiting rooms and beds, overcrowd jails and prisons and require public housing, several questions arise.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Infest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infest. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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