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Recent Examples of infest
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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Swimmer's itch is a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to microscopic parasites that infect some birds and mammals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Measles is one of the most contagious viruses to infect humans, and can linger in the air up to two hours.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
14 Aug. 2025
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Delegates had arrived in the city hoping to finalize a treaty by Thursday, having already overrun their original deadline to complete the agreement by the end of 2024.—
Joseph Winters,
Wired News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Trump and his team described the U.S. capital as besieged by chaos, and eager to be overrun by law enforcement.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
11 Aug. 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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Save for that final two-minute drill led by Richardson, the Colts’ offense was overwhelmed by the Packers defense for the majority of the two-hour practice.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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When hurricanes arrive in rapid succession, emergency services can get overwhelmed, supply chains can be cut off and infrastructure still damaged from a recent storm becomes more vulnerable.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Infest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infest. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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