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Recent Examples of infest
Despite more than a year of oversight, Chairman Tim Walberg, R-Mich., said universities continue to be infested with antisemitism.
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Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 7 May 2025
Unfortunately, that owner lived in a home that was overwhelmed by hoarding and she was infested with fleas as a result.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The royal palace is infested with evil spirits and one of them has taken hold of the young prince.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
And, even in a Western, rural area, your property would need to be infested with wild rodents carrying the virus.
—Julia Ries, Health, 26 Apr. 2025
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Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 7 May 2025
Unfortunately, that owner lived in a home that was overwhelmed by hoarding and she was infested with fleas as a result.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The royal palace is infested with evil spirits and one of them has taken hold of the young prince.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
And, even in a Western, rural area, your property would need to be infested with wild rodents carrying the virus.
—Julia Ries, Health, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infest
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To top it off, an air traffic control meltdown plagued Newark Liberty International Airport for weeks after staffing shortages and technology outages caused hours-long delays.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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But travel remains plagued by inefficiencies with disconnected booking systems, delays without real-time resolution and reliance on legacy infrastructure and software that slow rather than facilitate the journey.—
Omry Litvak,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Measles is highly contagious and can spread from one person to nine out of 10 people close to them, according to the CDC, which notes a person infected with measles can spread it to others four days before through four days after the rash appears.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 22 that certain frozen, raw and half-shell oysters from South Korea could be infected with norovirus.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Tigers, elephants, lions and monkeys were evacuated this week from a wildlife refuge in Culiacán, Sinaloa, a city overrun by cartel gunmen.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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Mint may also overrun your zinnias if allowed to spread in the garden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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The woman crawled to her bathroom and pulled the emergency cord, then the facility staff called 911, deputies said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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Here, 15 of the softest sheets that will convince you that crawling into bed at 9 p.m. is equivalent to self-care.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
16 May 2025
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The ‘Willy Wonka’ phase A sweet, sugary smell overwhelms the next pod at Goodblend. Gummies in hues of orange, red, yellow, green and blue sit on parchment paper a metal tray.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2025
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Cruel and unaccountable events pile up, overwhelming any sense of normality.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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“Infest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infest. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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