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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His column is fraught with stoking fear that these identifying as X and then entering the country will, of course, be terrorists.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
Because the singer died without a will, the estate has been fraught with instability, leading to uncertainly and dispute about who is overseeing his legacy.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
My interactions with other people became fraught with anxiety almost immediately upon making the switch; even a friendly handshake held the potential for disaster.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Yet, the team's journey was fraught with financial instability, leading to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing right before the 2018 Daytona 500.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
Because the singer died without a will, the estate has been fraught with instability, leading to uncertainly and dispute about who is overseeing his legacy.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
My interactions with other people became fraught with anxiety almost immediately upon making the switch; even a friendly handshake held the potential for disaster.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
Yet, the team's journey was fraught with financial instability, leading to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing right before the 2018 Daytona 500.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Fraught with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraught%20with. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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