as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
With preliminary frameworks in place for the U.K. and China, speculation is rife about whom the following agreements may be with.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Lake has revived claims that the agency has operated with such poor security that its networks are rife for espionage by foreign powers, assertions made by Trump's appointee to lead it in 2020, toward the end of his first term.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 20 June 2025
Speculation was rife that Rose might become the new men’s designer of Louis Vuitton and later, Balenciaga (roles that ultimately went to Pharrell Williams and Pierpaolo Piccioli, respectively).
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
But that's actually really rife for making a ton of cool choices that keep the audience on their toes.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 22 May 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Lake has revived claims that the agency has operated with such poor security that its networks are rife for espionage by foreign powers, assertions made by Trump's appointee to lead it in 2020, toward the end of his first term.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 20 June 2025
Speculation was rife that Rose might become the new men’s designer of Louis Vuitton and later, Balenciaga (roles that ultimately went to Pharrell Williams and Pierpaolo Piccioli, respectively).
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
But that's actually really rife for making a ton of cool choices that keep the audience on their toes.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
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Develop Personal Relations Through Storytelling In a crowded digital world, the key to genuine volunteer recruitment is building personal relationships and sharing purposeful stories.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Two incumbents, a former city councilwoman and five others make up a crowded list of candidates vying for at-large seats on the Detroit City Council in the primary.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 July 2025
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The critics who have voiced disapproval of the Sweeney campaign have accused American Eagle of glorifying a racist ideal during a fraught political era.—
Mekishana Pierre,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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This leads to a delightfully fraught balance of risk and reward, forcing you to ride the edge of survivability in each wave.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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This is an abundant season for Rooks who recently left her NBA reporting job at TNT and Bleacher Report.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
24 July 2025
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In point of fact, in parks and gardens abundant in plants and flowers, the grass is nothing more than a backdrop.—
Fabio Morábito,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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Public areas such as atriums, ballrooms and restaurants were awash with polished bronze or brass on door frames, railings, elevators and ceilings.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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The United States, for its part, was awash in British investments.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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In summer 2023, Levitt booked another trip to Cuba and, once again, only packed bikinis.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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The packed living rooms and TikTok-worthy, standing-room-only bar scenes where spectators gather to watch the show live look like sporting events.—
Cynthia Salinas Cappellano,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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From the iPhone to the Birkin bag, marketing is replete with examples of must have accessories that spark a buying frenzy.—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Editor’s tip: Be sure to help yourself to the honesty bar near the lounge, replete with a luxurious green marble tabletop sourced from Iran.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
13 July 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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