fraught
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro will rally their supporters one last time on Saturday, closing a fraught election campaign one day after a combative final debate.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The country’s budgetary process looks even more fraught following the scale of the weekend’s social unrest, Searle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That urgent question is the book’s ultimate contribution to the fraught death-penalty debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Saturday's attack on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh is another dangerous moment in a region that is already fraught with tension and conflict.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
I liked that he took existentially fraught free throws.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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