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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Furiosa, rife with explosions, savage masculinity, and lots and lots of driving, is all spectacle and no vision. —Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 15 May 2024

Rob Price says the sport of kings is rife with cheating and sexism. —Krista Stevens, Longreads, 14 May 2024

The group also claimed the Brandeis Center complaint is rife with false information and exaggerates the incidents described. —Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024

Meanwhile, the island is rife with rumors, including that the Lehrer employee who witnessed the murders is being held or hidden for his or her safety. —Nina Burleigh, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024

Given how close the 2024 election figures to be, Democrats can ill afford their convention to be rife with anarchy and chaos, but absent a coherent solution to healing intra-party divisions, 2024 is increasingly coming to resemble the turbulent summer of 1968. —Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 3 May 2024

Thailand is rife with resorts promoting western boxing, fitness, weight loss and Muay Thai; the Thai government actually promotes the latter. —Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024

Protesters at the Northwestern encampment have not followed school rules, the lawsuit says, alleging the encampment was rife with antisemitism. —Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024

And yet, on campuses already rife with tension over the Israel-Hamas war, sympathy only goes so far among fellow students and university leaders trying to restore order. —Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 2 May 2024