infestation

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

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 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

Cleankill, the pest control company tasked with tackling the infestation on Mr Gladwin's estate, works across the south of England.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Meanwhile, however, Mr. Sweeney had noticed that a city-wide infestation of the cottony maple scale was worse after the spraying recommended by “the books and the authorities” than it had been before.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson