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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Even during the height of the Cold War, a time fraught with immense strategic and ideological rivalry, the two superpowers successfully avoided a nuclear exchange.
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Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
Add to that the unease caused by a recent story in Vanity Fair alleging that McCarthy had a relationship with an underage girl in the 1970s, and the project seemed fraught with challenges.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
After a season fraught with emotional revelations, separations and intense reflection, Jessi Draper Ngatikaura and her husband Jordan concluded Season 3 of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives still together—though not without significant challenges along the way.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
But that day was fraught with anxiety and tension and anticipation.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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Moritz S. Graefrath, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025
Add to that the unease caused by a recent story in Vanity Fair alleging that McCarthy had a relationship with an underage girl in the 1970s, and the project seemed fraught with challenges.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
After a season fraught with emotional revelations, separations and intense reflection, Jessi Draper Ngatikaura and her husband Jordan concluded Season 3 of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives still together—though not without significant challenges along the way.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
But that day was fraught with anxiety and tension and anticipation.
—Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Fraught with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraught%20with. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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