riddled

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When AFP visited, municipal workers were fixing a road that residents said had been riddled with potholes for years.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

This is an autonomously governed region "riddled with active smuggling networks", according to a 2024 report by the international affairs think tank, Chatham House.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Primm Valley, Whiskey Pete’s and Buffalo Bill’s all hosted at one time the famed Bonnie and Clyde V-8 Ford riddled with more than 100 bullets in 1934.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

History books are riddled with examples of pioneering inventors, like Meucci, whose work is relegated to the footnotes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Stood in the silver tarnish of a half-moon and glanced up to a sky riddled with stars.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini