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

A pigeon infestation followed, leaving every room covered in bird droppings.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Greek farmers have sustained major losses from an infestation of sheep pox, and an EU investigation into widespread subsidy fraud that has delayed payments to legitimate claimants.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Its ascendance has contributed to the population decline of various native ladybug species—and more Americans associating ladybugs with infestation and invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

By 1938 it was rather widely prevalent in the older areas of Japanese beetle infestation.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson