infestation

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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

The novel opens by describing a local gnat infestation that seems to have spread to the writing, because all the words containing “nat” have been given a silent “g,” as in “extermignate” and “gnaturally.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I was quarantined in an apartment building with a roach infestation.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Fears that Jamie Dimon’s credit “cockroaches” were turning into a bigger infestation gripped markets on Thursday, sending volatility higher and stocks lower.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

The last-known animal wound infestation that could be attributed to screw-worms occurred in February 1959.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson