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Recent Examples of fraught Bryan’s song taps into this fraught national debate, highlighting the intersection of politics, public sentiment, and artistic expression. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Consumer-goods companies, especially those targeting youth markets, must navigate fraught debates on identity, inclusion, and representation. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 Since then, films like Nosferatu, a second Wednesday season, and an increasingly fraught sociopolitical climate have led more people to experiment with edgier makeup elements. Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025 Monster has debuted into this very fraught political moment where, despite no evidence showing a link between violence and transness, right-wingers have gone to great pains to paint almost every mass shooter who makes front page news as trans in hopes of stripping trans people of their rights. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fraught
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Adjective
  • Many of the activists who most recently fought to keep the park support housing development, but Smith said the project will ultimately do a disservice to students and other neighborhood residents who are losing an important open space in a crowded urban environment.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His analytical discipline transforms vision into velocity and gives the company its edge in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
    Sara Smith, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This uneasy detente between Matty and Olympia drives much of the rest of this episode’s plot.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Wichita police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman reportedly taken by force early Sunday morning — an incident that has left neighbors uneasy.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But as the back-and-forth continued, the discussion became tense.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Just 20 votes are needed to form a majority against him, and the upcoming budget debates will also be crucial and tense.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The ceremony, held at Chapman’s Musco Center for the Arts, drew two former university presidents, dozens of delegates from sister institutions, and a packed crowd of faculty, students, alumni and community leaders.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • To say that there’s pressure involved in getting this right—the legacies at stake amid a jam-packed, competitive arms race, to say nothing of the monetary investment —is an understatement.
    Jake Emen, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • White, who works as a bartender in Malibu, said the connection was especially disturbing, FOX 11 reported.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The allegations against this individual are disturbing and completely contrary to the values and mission of this department.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Rumors have been rife for quite some time now, but finally, the company has confirmed that production has started for its muscle cruiser.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And finally… Frustration at Sheffield United is rife; immeasurable, almost.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With him are other notorious killers like Charles Manson and Ed Kemper, a moment creator Ryan Murphy said reflects the far-reaching and unsettling influence Gein’s crimes had on society.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Fraught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraught. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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