fraught with
idiom
: full of (something bad or unwanted)
The situation was fraught with danger.
The paper was poorly researched and fraught with errors.
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Since the earliest plans for the California High-Speed Rail Project, the segment connecting the Central Valley to Los Angeles has been fraught with controversy and technical conundrums.
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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Much of this country’s history, of course, is fraught with atrocities committed against Black people and Native Americans, an issue that has occasionally ensnared the re-enactment community.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 12 May 2024
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Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
Much of this country’s history, of course, is fraught with atrocities committed against Black people and Native Americans, an issue that has occasionally ensnared the re-enactment community.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 12 May 2024
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“Fraught with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraught%20with. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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