infest
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A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
"NWS can infest livestock, pets, wildlife, occasionally birds, and in rare cases, people."
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
But it's not technically possible for them to infest their own home.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024
It’s not all that uncommon for maggots to infest and grow in poorly healing human tissue—it’s called myiasis.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024
“She might. I wouldn’t mind knowing where the lifeboat is. Besides, it didn’t take Beatrice long to infest Mrs. Cranston’s fur cape. What will she get up to next, do you suppose?”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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