rife with
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: having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant)
The school was rife with rumors.
a history rife with scandal
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Her social media pages are also rife with criticism, particularly for other celebrities.
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EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Education, particularly early childhood education, has long been rife with challenges.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
What's next: For the country's science and health communities, the next few days and weeks will be rife with uncertainty as the long-term implications of Trump's moves come into focus.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
When the book was initially released in 2003, the American zeitgeist, shaped by 9/11 and the Bush administration’s global War on Terror, was rife with debates about the representations of Muslim women and life in the Middle East.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
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EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Education, particularly early childhood education, has long been rife with challenges.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
What's next: For the country's science and health communities, the next few days and weeks will be rife with uncertainty as the long-term implications of Trump's moves come into focus.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
When the book was initially released in 2003, the American zeitgeist, shaped by 9/11 and the Bush administration’s global War on Terror, was rife with debates about the representations of Muslim women and life in the Middle East.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Rife with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rife%20with. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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