infest
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On his cow-calf operation in the state’s southeastern plains, Diebel is already limiting opportunities for the pest to infest his herd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Officials added that the calf was undergoing treatment and improving, and emphasized that the worms do not infest food sources like meat, fruit or vegetables.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
A more accurate metaphor would be credit termites — insects that infest and destroy structural timbers.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
They are attracted by magic and may infest the fur and feathers of such creatures as Crups and Augureys.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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“Practical Magic 2” is the story of an ancient recurring curse: the lack of originality that infests Hollywood like the frosty cloud that seeps into Regan’s bedroom in “The Exorcist.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The pollution that infests those systems can include everything from silt and natural debris to asbestos, heavy metals, radioactive isotopes and other harmful contaminants released when man-made structures burn.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
English ivy infests millions of trees across the country, killing them by choking, stealing nutrients and adding weight that can be deadly in high winds.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
The pest currently infests forests from Colorado to Vermont and Georgia.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2017
This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Michael Schmoyer -- the associate administrator for the country's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and head of the NWS Directorate -- said the infested beef calf "is not a danger to the food supply."
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Our business is infested with idiots,” he famously warned, “who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
People who live outdoors or in housing infested with rats or other rodents face a high risk of contracting the disease, according to public health officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Much of the drive was through woodland infested with tsetse flies.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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Within weeks of the renovation’s completion, numerous defects were spotted, with a liner installed on the bottom of the pool peeling in various places, and algae again infesting the water.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Plus, the $313 million injury bug infesting the NBA playoffs, Ted Turner’s day managing the Braves and Jason Gay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
When faced with complaints earlier this year from city workers about rats infesting L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Solanum elaeagnifolium -- also known as silverleaf nightshade -- can be found from south Texas to South Africa and Greece, infesting fields and soaking up valuable nutrients intended for cash crops.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
They just pushed themselves along the ground with their hands and arms, but that only led to tuktuk infesting their hands.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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