as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
Comparisons to iconic heel turns like Hulk Hogan's nWo alliance are rife, given Cena's lengthy babyface tenure.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Speculation is rife, varied Speculation as to what form an affordable Tesla (maybe more than one vehicle) will take varies.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Trouble is, their own intelligence bureaus cannot protect them from the bruising life of gossip columns, financial implosions, political scandals, private-life misadventures, all so rife in the West.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Speculation is rife once again that Musk could leave his role at the quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) soon.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Speculation is rife, varied Speculation as to what form an affordable Tesla (maybe more than one vehicle) will take varies.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Trouble is, their own intelligence bureaus cannot protect them from the bruising life of gossip columns, financial implosions, political scandals, private-life misadventures, all so rife in the West.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Speculation is rife once again that Musk could leave his role at the quasi-official Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) soon.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
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Changing ‘so fast’ In China, though, the field is crowded and cutthroat, with competition sparking a fierce, yearslong price war.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Theater's highest honor, getting recognized with a nomination typically leads to an influx in box office sales, which new musicals desperately need during the crowded spring season.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Besides using his 12 years as pope to strengthen Catholicism’s at-times fraught relationships with other major religions, Francis also reached out to groups long resigned to pariah status in church circles.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2025
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For Carney, the timing is both fortuitous and fraught.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Eastern quolls were once abundant in southeast Australia.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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And such opportunities are abundant even when resources are scarce.—
Eric Crosby,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Why Vontobel’s Quality Still Belongs In Your Portfolio In a world awash with macro noise and short-term speculation, growth investing with Vontobel offers something increasingly rare: discipline, predictability, and compounding resilience.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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There is only one gun store in the entire country of Mexico, yet America's southern neighbor is awash in violent crimes perpetrated with millions of firearms made in the United States.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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With packed rows of congregants, an evangelical bent and technology that wouldn’t feel out of place at a stadium concert, the Gemstones’ megachurch isn’t far off from the real thing.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Nothing in the opening minutes after halftime could quell the momentum that seemed to get worse by the possession in front of a packed house at Intuit Dome.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Dating is replete with awkward moments, from overcompensating for unwanted pauses in conversation to missing social cues to basic miscommunications and misunderstandings.—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Illinois’ history is replete with examples of the downstate-upstate Senate split.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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