infested

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“Our business is infested with idiots,” he famously warned, “who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In this method, pest control workers drill into infested wood, reach the termite "gallery" or hiding area, and inject insecticide directly inside.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

If trees are lightly or not-yet infested, they can be sprayed or injected with insecticides.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

To demonstrate its effectiveness in controlling lice, guards asked five men and five women in each of the infested dorm rooms to wash themselves with the cloudy liquid.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden