infested

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

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The area was once viewed as ominous, dominated by an ancient walnut tree believed to be infested with demons and marking the supposed burial place of Emperor Nero.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

Old manuscripts are usually infested with woodworms, silverfish or “other microscopic creatures with a love of paper.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Virtually every southern state was infested with Aedes aegypti, these experts pointed out, but funds would run out before the job of eradicating the mosquitoes was half completed.

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