riddled

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An October 2024 launch party with Will Smith and Alicia Keys proved premature, as rushed work left hotels riddled with construction problems and unable to open without hundreds of millions of dollars of fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But this theory is entirely false, based on hastily assembled “academic” work that’s riddled with errors and lies.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

The 47-year-old said it meant that by the time she was diagnosed she was "literally riddled" with the disease.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

“It’s not that we don’t accept the results from Healthy Florida First because we don’t like them, but because they are highly suspect and riddled with errors,” she said.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

Earth’s mantle was riddled with illegal tunnels, and it was impossible to police them all.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer