fraught
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Allie has had multiple marriages, and this young woman comes into her life, and it’s fraught, but they’re learning from each other.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
Barron’s: Thank you, everyone, for joining us at such a fraught and busy time.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Burnham would need to win a parliamentary by-election and become an MP to enter a Labour leadership contest, a complicated endeavour fraught with risk and uncertainty.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
For Rebecca, something as innocuous as the school run can be fraught with anxiety.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“We cannot take the same attitude now because the success which we have achieved in the development of nuclear power is fraught with infinitely greater dangers than were all the inventions of the past.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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