Recent Examples on the WebClostridium difficile, known as C. diff, is a stubborn bacteria that may normally live in the colon, but can overgrow the healthy bacteria to cause symptoms of watery diarrhea, often with fever and cramping. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022 Plants that won't overgrow the container, such as boxwood, croton, Joseph's coat, pineapple verbena and twiggy spikemoss for sun-loving plants, and gnome ivy, golden club moss, Irish or Scottish club moss and miniature ferns for shade-loving plants. Jennifer Nalewicki, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2020 The team will have to flush the seawater regularly and keep it at the right temperature, or bacteria and algae will start to overgrow the Trichoplax and kill them, Prakash says. Emily Underwood, The Atlantic, 8 June 2020 At George Wright, terrible irrigation ruined several holes, and trees overgrew much of the property. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2018 Barnacles and other sea life has overgrown the metal. Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 20 Mar. 2018 This corner was previously overgrown and generally uninviting.OregonLive.com, 19 July 2017 First, to be clear: Candida can overgrow in the body and cause problems. Melinda Wenner Moyer, SELF, 10 July 2017 Industry needed photographs for promotion, but post-Civil War industrialization so clearly made America an important power that people treasured stereographs of fields overgrown by technical apparatus. Vicki Goldberg, New York Times, 6 July 2017 See More