fraught
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Keeping Japan’s future sales off the market avoids boosting U.S. bond yields, now near muti-decade highs, at a politically fraught time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Now, it has come to reflect the fraught relationship between the two North American neighbours - and the pressure building on Prime Minister Mark Carney to navigate those choppy waters.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He’s having a fraught phone conversation with his mother, who’s upset to learn that the reason his boyfriend can’t pick him up is that they’ve broken up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It’s already a fraught time for younger applicants, including the 20-something job hunters doing interviews on their phones instead of on a computer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
This vote, for me, was more fraught than any other we’d gone through.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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