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Running Twitter was rife with concerns about managing the heat in a September edition of the Boston Marathon.

Many of her students live in two- or three-bedroom apartments with families of up to eight people, creating an environment rife with distractions.

They are contingent on assumptions that can change overnight, and as a result they are rife with uncertainty.

So are farmed salmon, farmed shrimp, and cat food, which relies on meal made out of small fish caught in fisheries rife with human suffering.

The unofficial board has hosted virtual events, including live commentary during Wednesday’s Senate hearing at which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified to a committee rife with skeptical legislators.

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The banlieue setting is rough and rife with violence and drug trafficking.

(Referenda tend to be expensive, rife with misinformation, and favorable to extreme positions).

Adding insult to injury for these ethnically distinct residents, discrimination and racism are rife on a daily basis.

It is all a result of segregated communities where illiteracy is rife and the men think they can get away with anything.

The years between 26 and 34 are rife with those kinds of life changes so heavy they earn moniker of “milestones.”

Foot and mouth disease had for some time been rife in Great Britain and Ireland, and legislation became necessary.

Blood-shed, oppression, extortion, and all the instinctive habits of the shrewd savage were again rife.

Never had her solemn vows of obedience been so utterly despised; never had the temptation to evil been so rife in her heart.

Speculation on this point was rife everywhere, and on no one had it a stronger hold than on Howard himself.

Rumours of a fleet to be commanded by Stukeley were again rife, and some talked of as many as fifty ships.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rife, such as: abundant, alive, plentiful, popular, prevalent, and rampant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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