colonized
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In both greenhouse studies and field trials, the bacteria successfully colonized the roots and substantially improved plant growth under salty conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
Before Europeans colonized North America, bald eagles were pretty much everywhere there was a river, lake, or stream large enough to support sizable fish.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
At the store’s fine-dining venue Maison Passerelle, which opened in April last year, Gourdet places Haitian flavors alongside those of Vietnam, Morocco and other places formerly colonized by France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
He then asked how the ancestors of his own people had reached New Guinea over the last tens of thousands of years, and how white Europeans had colonized New Guinea within the last 200 years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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