fraught

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Such an operation would be extremely challenging and fraught with danger, according to military experts and former US defence officials who spoke to the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

But the Iran war has put a spotlight on Taiwan’s fraught geopolitical situation.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Even knowing they must cooperate with the very people they’re competing against, as alliances form and fracture, each day grows more fraught.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

But relations between Cuba and the United States have been fraught for centuries.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Requiring that its human competitors straddle erratic animals moving in dense groups at extremely high speed, race riding in the 1930s, as today, was fraught with extreme danger.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand