fraught
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Decisions about selling, repairs, property taxes, insurance and maintenance can become fraught.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
No issue facing Southeast Asia's foreign ministers has been more fraught than how to reintegrate Myanmar, a member state formally excluded from such summits since its military junta seized power in 2021.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
But Lucian Cook, head of residential research at estate agents Savills, says implementing an alternative tax system would be fraught with difficulties - both practical and political.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
When none came, she sighed a sigh so fraught with disappointment that it sounded as if her heart were breaking.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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