rife with
idiom
: 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 is rife with shoppers’ tales of popping in for a rotisserie chicken only to wheel out a basket piled higher than a tractor trailer.
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Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
The first season was rife with other problems, including the cultural appropriation inherent to the concept of a rich white man traveling to Asia and learning how to do martial arts better than everyone there.
—Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
The supplement industry has little government oversight and is known to be rife with ingredients that are either ineffective or, worse, dangerous.
—Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Asking existing staff to begin policing entry is not practical and rife with potential difficulties for transgender people and indeed anyone who does is not gender conforming in their appearance.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
The first season was rife with other problems, including the cultural appropriation inherent to the concept of a rich white man traveling to Asia and learning how to do martial arts better than everyone there.
—Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
The supplement industry has little government oversight and is known to be rife with ingredients that are either ineffective or, worse, dangerous.
—Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Asking existing staff to begin policing entry is not practical and rife with potential difficulties for transgender people and indeed anyone who does is not gender conforming in their appearance.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Rife with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rife%20with. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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