invasive

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Dianne Feinstein’s final years in office involved repeated reporting on cognitive decline and absences, raising difficult questions about when coverage becomes invasive or speculative.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

Record-high beef prices will continue to wallop U.S. consumers this summer as drought conditions and the resurgence of an invasive pest are the latest obstacles to increasing cattle herds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

They must also clear algae from the nets protecting clams from invasive blue crabs, which arrived from North America in recent years.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

But over the nearly one-and-a-half years since the 2025 mega-fires, native and invasive grasses, bushes and trees have begun to regrow, weaving flammable greenery across the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

In this particular study—the largest ever done on the relationship between the two cervical cancers—Jones and TeLinde found that 62 percent of women with invasive cancer who’d had earlier biopsies first had carcinoma in situ.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot