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Recent Examples of infest
Students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff have been treated for rabies exposure after a dormitory became infested with bats.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Tenants in the apartments, as well as years of inspection reports and lawsuits, say that neglect by the properties’ owners left the buildings infested with mold and rodents, often lacking heat and sagging from water leaks and faulty infrastructure.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
All the furniture inside was either destroyed or infested with maggots.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Items deeply infested with mold, such as drywall or other soft materials, will probably have to be discarded.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
Tenants in the apartments, as well as years of inspection reports and lawsuits, say that neglect by the properties’ owners left the buildings infested with mold and rodents, often lacking heat and sagging from water leaks and faulty infrastructure.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
All the furniture inside was either destroyed or infested with maggots.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Items deeply infested with mold, such as drywall or other soft materials, will probably have to be discarded.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infest
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Such charitable works can go a long way toward addressing the physician shortages that plague much of the country — and improving access to health care in the process.Sally C. Pipes, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Goldberg's words come over a year after The View began an unrelenting battle with gaseous entities, following a horrific water spillage (and mysterious fart noise of unknown origin) that plagued the Hot Topics table in January 2023.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The horse chestnut leaf blotch pathogen overwinters as fruiting bodies in leaves infected during the previous season.Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
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In addition, two commercial chicken farms in California’s Kings County, and a backyard flock in Tulare County, were reported infected on Tuesday.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hamas kidnapped more than 200 Israelis and killed 1,200 others last Oct. 7, when the militant group's fighters overran the border with Gaza in a surprise attack.Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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But when an ominous force aims to overrun their motherland, the sisters realize their united powers hold the key to vanquishing the Darkness.Keith Langston, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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Access is easy without the need for ladders (rooftop tents) or crawling (traditional ground tents).Fergus Scholes, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Here's why At one point he’s basically indentured to almost comically evil thieves, who force him to crawl through small spaces in the rubble to steal for them.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The shelves above it have a display of intriguing objects that don’t overwhelm the room; the mirror reflects daylight, but not at eye level which could be distracting.Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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This approach also allows businesses to adopt next-generation capabilities without overwhelming their existing infrastructure or processes as an organization, enticing your organization to continue with transformation along the way.Josh Ashby, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Infest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infest. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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