fraught
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And at an incredibly fraught moment for Latinos and Latin culture in the U.S., she’s bringing a hemisphere’s worth of history and hopes with her onstage.
From Los Angeles Times
And that is just the beginning of a long and fraught road to peace in Sudan.
From BBC
“It’s clear that he has navigated the fraught shoals of the bureaucratic politics of the administration effectively. He hasn’t ticked off anybody who matters, and that’s a lot by itself.”
The same playwright’s off-Broadway “Grangeville,” another subtle minimalist drama depicting an emotionally fraught family relationship, was also one of the year’s best new plays.
But after several years of rising prices, and with more pressures likely ahead, the question going into this Black Friday is especially fraught — even for the upper-income people who’ve largely been driving consumer spending.
From MarketWatch
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