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Recent Examples of infest
Ten workers lived in one small home, officials said, and the house was infested with bed bugs and cockroaches.
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Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
The Lost Sheep will see a farmer task you with finding the corpse of his prize sheep which is out in the nearby forest – which naturally, is infested with wolves.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Putrid, grizzle-toothed — gnawing at everything and undermining or infesting homes.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
Singh says bedbugs could infest the clothes inside your luggage.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
The Lost Sheep will see a farmer task you with finding the corpse of his prize sheep which is out in the nearby forest – which naturally, is infested with wolves.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Putrid, grizzle-toothed — gnawing at everything and undermining or infesting homes.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
Singh says bedbugs could infest the clothes inside your luggage.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infest
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Relying heavily on retrospective interviews and self-reporting, these approaches, still widely used in marketing and management, are plagued by recall bias and rationalization.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Now comes a lengthy report published by the Independent Rikers Commission that states the obvious: the offshore complex, plagued by violence and apathy to the level of unconstitutionality, will not close by the date set six years ago by the City Council.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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When Trump left office, over 24 million Americans were infected with COVID-19, and 402,269 Americans died during his four-year term, according to Johns Hopkins University.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Tennessee Department of Health said on Friday that a resident in Middle Tennessee tested positive after being infected in early March and is currently recovering at home.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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All of these capabilities lead to savings in time and manpower, lower costs and diminished risk of project overrun, as well as mitigating environmental degradation and fostering greener operations throughout the supply chain.—
Azra Nurkic,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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But Sunseeker had only a few bartenders and servers working, who were clearly overrun, even with only half the seats around the bar filled.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
15 Mar. 2025
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But, somehow, life finds a way: The seafloor was crawling with critters of all shapes and sizes, from centuries-old sponges and cup corals to octopuses, snails, worms, sea spiders, icefish and even a rare giant phantom jellyfish.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Wright crawled out of the driver’s side door of the vehicle, Chargualaf said.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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This data stored across multiple cloud environments, on-premises systems and SaaS applications has overwhelmed traditional classification methods.—
Asaf Kochan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The threat on European alcohol overwhelmed the positive inflation news.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Infest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infest. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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