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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Their protagonists may be intelligent and quietly manipulative, their aims rife with social or cultural commentary.
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Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
After a press tour rife with rumors of behind-the-scenes issues between the two, Baldoni and Lively filed lawsuits against each other.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Obamacare is rife with inefficiencies and fraud, and the additional subsidies add hundreds of billions in red ink to a federal government already bleeding massive deficits.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
After a storied tenure in the galaxy far, far away, one rife with excitement and battles won and lost, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
After a press tour rife with rumors of behind-the-scenes issues between the two, Baldoni and Lively filed lawsuits against each other.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Obamacare is rife with inefficiencies and fraud, and the additional subsidies add hundreds of billions in red ink to a federal government already bleeding massive deficits.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
After a storied tenure in the galaxy far, far away, one rife with excitement and battles won and lost, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Rife with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rife%20with. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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