infestation
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Also read: Your bond portfolio is facing a ‘termite’ infestation far worse than Jamie Dimon’s ‘cockroaches’
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
The local authority advised people not to be concerned about the "harmless" white webbing seen in trees in Belle Isle Park, Exeter, caused by an infestation of caterpillars.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
If a tree experiences heavy infestation in one year, it shifts its schedule the next spring by delaying leaf emergence by about three days.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
The summer’s unpleasant cicada infestation, meanwhile, is a stark reminder that his preferred droning screech comes from his dot-matrix printer, spitting out keyboard-symbol drawings he makes for customers who send him cash.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
In what seems the height of absurdity, the “threat of infestation of the New York City metropolitan area” has been cited as an important justification of the program.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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