fraught
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Ferrer later learns of another half-brother, her father’s son; these fraught relationships are the pillars of a gorgeous meditation on belonging.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Relations between the two were fraught for years, leading to direct clashes in April 2024 on the Mauritanian border.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
A few habits that make the whole thing feel easy, not fraught:
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
But these days, outfitting brides for their big day is more fraught than ever because of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
There was this tunnel that these two kids kept crawling through over and over and they never seemed to get tired, which made me think of Augustus Waters and the existentially fraught free throws.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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