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Recent Examples of infest
At a time when division is high and negativity seems to be infesting every corner of people’s day-to-day lives, Lake Street Dive have instead chosen to go down a path of positivity.
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Dave Gil De Rubio, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
These rodents can infest all aspects of a home, including the shed, garage, attic, or even lawnmowers, automobiles, and barbecue grills.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
Xenophobia has always colored this nation’s past crackdowns on immigration legal and not, but the Golden State became a noxious cauldron whose anti-immigrant fumes have infested Americans in a way not seen in a century.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Radishes are another cabbage relative that can be infested by problematic pests like aphids and flea beetles.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
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Dave Gil De Rubio, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
These rodents can infest all aspects of a home, including the shed, garage, attic, or even lawnmowers, automobiles, and barbecue grills.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
Xenophobia has always colored this nation’s past crackdowns on immigration legal and not, but the Golden State became a noxious cauldron whose anti-immigrant fumes have infested Americans in a way not seen in a century.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Radishes are another cabbage relative that can be infested by problematic pests like aphids and flea beetles.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infest
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With water crises increasingly plaguing other areas of the country, Central Arkansas is positioning itself as a destination for sustainable economic growth.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
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Kobe Bufkin, Hawks The rare third-year player showing up at summer league, Bufkin had a rough summer in his 2023 rookie season and has been plagued by injuries ever since, only appearing in 27 games over his first two seasons.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Investigators said one of the patients, an 18-year-old, likely became infected about six days before his first doctor’s visit when he was bitten by fleas while walking through a prairie dog colony in Navajo County, about 103 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Season 2 of The Last of Us finds Joel (Pedro Pascal) not only fending off humans infected with the Cordyceps virus, but other survivors seeking revenge on Joel for his past actions.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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With Venice locals protesting the lavish event being hosted in a city overrun with tourism while steadily depopulating, city authorities are defending the wedding, estimated to cost $23 million-$34 million according to regional governor Luca Zaia.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Soon, matches of Black Ops 6 and Warzone will be overrun with the foul-mouthed pair.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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In particular, website owners and SEO experts wanted to know how Cloudflare planned to block Google's bot from scraping sites to fuel AI overviews without risking blocking the same bot from crawling for valuable search engine placements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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Both are unable, under any circumstances, to resist crawling under someone doing a downward-facing dog.—
Erika Sjule,
New Yorker,
8 July 2025
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Still, on a partly sunny Saturday under a flood watch, dozens of volunteers overwhelmed a site near the Round Mountain Baptist Church outside of Leander, forcing traffic to a standstill as emergency personnel actively searched for missing people.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
13 July 2025
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Inside, a black and grey cat thrashes around, overwhelmed.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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“Infest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infest. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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