infest

Example Sentences

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A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

"NWS can infest livestock, pets, wildlife, occasionally birds, and in rare cases, people."

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

But it's not technically possible for them to infest their own home.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

When mites infest a colony, they inflict damage both by living and feeding on bees directly and also by spreading DWV.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023

In fact, of the 2,500 kinds of mosquitoes that infest the world, almost 400 of them are capable of transmitting diseases to humans.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy