rife
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Speculation is now rife about the level of punishment City will face, although the club denies any wrongdoing and has appealed against the ruling.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
As the historian Michael Kazin writes in What It Took to Win, his 2022 history of the Democrats, “the party’s history is rife with missteps and outrages.”
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
While the company’s AI Overviews and AI Mode features have grown somewhat popular, the AI Mode in particular isn’t as rife for monetization as traditional search.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
When the tide goes out, as it always does, you might find that your adviser’s seemingly prudent recommendations turned out to be reckless or rife with conflicts of interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Egyptian art is rife with depictions of musicians and their instruments, suggesting that music was an important feature of public and private life.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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