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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Risks For Retail Investors For retail investors, the allure of private equity is undeniable but fraught with peril.
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Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The Knicks will advance to face the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals while the defending champion Celtics enter an offseason fraught with uncertainty.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
Such developments further heighten the stakes in a volatile region already fraught with historical tensions, cross-border militancy, and nuclear risk.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The pope’s election coincides with an era that is fraught with war and rising global authoritarianism.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Dan Irvine, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The Knicks will advance to face the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals while the defending champion Celtics enter an offseason fraught with uncertainty.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
Such developments further heighten the stakes in a volatile region already fraught with historical tensions, cross-border militancy, and nuclear risk.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The pope’s election coincides with an era that is fraught with war and rising global authoritarianism.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
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“Fraught with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraught%20with. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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