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
Questions of transparency and independence have been rife over the past week after President Trump dismissed the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following surprise and significant revisions to labor data reporting.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Speculation has been rife for years that Maxwell, former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, knows his deepest darkest secrets, including those relating to his rich and powerful friends.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Speculation over Ouattara’s candidacy has been rife since a court barred former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam from running in June.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
Clashes between farmers and herders are rife in Nigeria and across the Sahel region, spanning West to Eastern Africa.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 26 July 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Speculation has been rife for years that Maxwell, former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, knows his deepest darkest secrets, including those relating to his rich and powerful friends.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Speculation over Ouattara’s candidacy has been rife since a court barred former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam from running in June.
—Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
Clashes between farmers and herders are rife in Nigeria and across the Sahel region, spanning West to Eastern Africa.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
Adjective
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So, what makes his coaching stand out in a crowded field of mentors and consultants?—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Walker-Yeager, who passed a crowded August primary in two separate races, wants spots on the boards governing the Unified Government and the BPU.—
Sofi Zeman
August 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Aug. 2025
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The race to develop a more convenient obesity pill has been fraught, as companies such as Pfizer have had to scrap previous contenders and bring forward new ones.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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The relationship between Holocaust studies and the war in Gaza is very fraught.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Fresh seafood is abundant thanks to the proximity to the sea, while traditional Turkish meze (washed down with raki, of course), and local specialties like şiş köfte and tantuni await.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The company, owned by the Saudi kingdom’s massive sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, is looking to build out data center capacity in a country with seemingly unlimited land and abundant energy resources.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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The collection is awash in top Renaissance Italian and Flemish artists — Perugino, Veronese, Tintoretto, Van der Weyden, Brueghel the Younger — and houses a Normandy masterpiece: a luminous 1885 Monet seascape of the cliffs of Étretat.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Étoile, the Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino vehicle canceled after one season on Amazon Prime, is awash in elegant shots of ballerina pirouettes and the opulent interior of the Opéra Garnier in Paris — which served as the inspiration for the novel The Phantom of the Opera.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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How does a star with a packed schedule keep her look secure?—
Meghan Mahar,
Billboard,
19 Aug. 2025
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Woodinville’s close quarters are good for more than a packed wine-tasting itinerary.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Jetson is replete with 7.5 times the compute of its predecessor, Jetson Orin.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Aug. 2025
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This year, Amazon, Nordstrom, Wayfair, and more are replete with discounts on fashion, beauty, home, and tech items.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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