harborage

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“Because of their construction, sponges provide harborage for any number and variety of microbiological organisms, many of which may be pathogenic,” according to the Food and Drug Administration’s U.S.

From Washington Post

Andy Linares, the president of Bug Off Pest Control Center in Upper Manhattan, said rats had undoubtedly “become more brazen in their quest for food and harborage.”

From New York Times

While rat infestations in car engines are not rare occurrences, researchers are attempting to determine whether they are increasing in areas where rats’ usual food and harborage sites have been disrupted by pandemic distancing efforts.

From New York Times

The specific violations were “related to overflowing trash bins at the exterior of the businesses, and/or rodent activity including rodent burrows/harborage,” the county said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s necessary and fair that we provide them with safe harborage and care after they have provided us with weeks of entertainment and frivolity,” Dorson said.

From Seattle Times