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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Social media has been rife with claims of what Kirk has said in the past, but Snopes rated the Black women quote, from a podcast in 2023, as true. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Attorneys for State Farm apologized to a court for submitting legal briefings rife with artificial intelligence hallucinations and nonexistent case law, the latest example of lawyers bolstering their arguments with precedents made up by a chatbot. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

These workflows are rife with exceptions and cross-functional handoffs. — Jim Deloach, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The school board has been rife with political conflict since longtime superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell was ousted in the spring of 2025. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026