colonized
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In the mouse experiment, none of the human Roseburia species permanently colonized the animals' guts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Before Europeans colonized North America, bald eagles were pretty much everywhere there was a river, lake, or stream large enough to support sizable fish.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Europeans colonized Australia, rather than Native Australians colonizing Europe, for the same reasons that we have just seen in the case of New Guinea.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
