fraught with
idiom
: full of (something bad or unwanted)
The situation was fraught with danger.
The paper was poorly researched and fraught with errors.
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But for some kids, the holiday can be fraught with stress.
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
Anthropic staff saw that approach as fraught with danger.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Daily tasks, like taking out the trash, have become fraught with anxiety for the family.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
Yet the relationship is still fraught with tension regarding longstanding territorial dispute; the most recent flare-up happened after an Indian citizen born in Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as its territory, was detained in Shanghai’s airport for 18 hours.
—Brian Wong, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
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wendy Wisner, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
Anthropic staff saw that approach as fraught with danger.
—Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Daily tasks, like taking out the trash, have become fraught with anxiety for the family.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
Yet the relationship is still fraught with tension regarding longstanding territorial dispute; the most recent flare-up happened after an Indian citizen born in Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as its territory, was detained in Shanghai’s airport for 18 hours.
—Brian Wong, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Fraught with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraught%20with. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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