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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Questions of visiting and preserving the sites of mass killings are often fraught with emotion for those involved.
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His career has since been fraught with legal issues and allegations of violence, specifically toward women.
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But for a partial solar eclipse occurring at sunrise, the usual ground rules might be fraught with uncertainty.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
Questions of visiting and preserving the sites of mass killings are often fraught with emotion for those involved.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
His career has since been fraught with legal issues and allegations of violence, specifically toward women.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
But for a partial solar eclipse occurring at sunrise, the usual ground rules might be fraught with uncertainty.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Fraught with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraught%20with. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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