rife with

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: having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant)

The school was rife with rumors.

a history rife with scandal

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These sections are narrated by the institutional voice of the CIA itself in a relentlessly sardonic tone rife with acronyms, codenames and jargon rendered in multiple fonts. — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

Our schools were rife with gun violence and vaccine hesitation. — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026

The tequila world is rife with celebrity brands—perhaps too many, by some accounts. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026

His second, a collaboration with the Times puzzle editor Tracy Bennett, was a hefty Sunday puzzle rife with just-for-the-hell-of-it wordplay. — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2026