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

When the January 2025 firestorms swept through Altadena and Pacific Palisades they not only burned down homes but left thousands still standing riddled with smoke damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

That it may be riddled with falsehoods is beside the point.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Baba’s brain on those pictures looked like cross sections of a big walnut, riddled with tennis ball—shaped gray things.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini