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as in crowded
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
every room in my childhood home is fraught with memories
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as in uneasy
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
had a fraught meeting with his estranged wife to discuss a divorce settlement
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Recent Examples of fraught
And their plight is receiving scant attention inside Bangladesh, in large part because of the country’s fraught relationship with its dominant neighbor, India, where Ms. Hasina fled.
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Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Black folks—Black women and femmes, especially—have long had a fraught relationship with rest.
—Stephanie Long, Essence, 15 May 2025
Amid a fraught relationship, Hutch, his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) and family decide on a waterpark vacation.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Besides using his 12 years as pope to strengthen Catholicism’s at-times fraught relationships with other major religions, Francis also reached out to groups long resigned to pariah status in church circles.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
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Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Black folks—Black women and femmes, especially—have long had a fraught relationship with rest.
—Stephanie Long, Essence, 15 May 2025
Amid a fraught relationship, Hutch, his wife Becca (Connie Nielsen) and family decide on a waterpark vacation.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Besides using his 12 years as pope to strengthen Catholicism’s at-times fraught relationships with other major religions, Francis also reached out to groups long resigned to pariah status in church circles.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraught
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While expanding its enrollment, adding new programs and building new centers, students have complained of crowded housing and dining areas, parking shortages and some offerings that are stretched thin, such as services for immigrant students.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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In crowded markets, differentiation often comes from the interface, not the engine.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Today, hydrogen bombs have replaced atom bombs in most arsenals, creating a world of uneasy standoffs among nuclear foes.—
William J. Broad,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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But the vote was not unanimous and left Councilman Kevin O’Neill feeling uneasy.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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The posts tee up a potentially tense exchange between U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and his European counterpart later Friday morning.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
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Denzel Washington confronts photographer in tense moment at Cannes Film Festival Watson did not scrimp in the glamour department for her 2013 Cannes debut either.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Now, Coral Springs, considered a suburb of Fort Lauderdale but attracting Miami commuters as well, is a packed city with plenty of culture, recreation and business.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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The collision, which took place in a packed city center as fans were celebrating Liverpool F.C. winning the English Premier League, injured 65 people, including four children.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
27 May 2025
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Nothing has officially happened yet, but the tension is disturbing with the consequences potentially devastating.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2025
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That’s a quite disturbing possibility since AGI could wield such an act on a scale of immense magnitude and with globally adverse consequences.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The name, image and likeness deals rife in college athletics have overturned the landscape, and a looming settlement between the NCAA and Congress will create a revenue-sharing plan that could enrich football and basketball programs, while potentially depleting the rosters of Olympic sports teams.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 2025
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Injuries were rife across the roster, ineffective play from veterans was a real concern and the goaltending was a question mark.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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For Armstrong, capturing the humanity of these men paints a more unsettling portrait than pure billionaire-trolling might.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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The main case under investigation is unsettling and satisfyingly intricate, with ample thematic connections to Morck, Akram and Rose’s respective forms of psychological damage.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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In the novel’s historical re-creation, is there an anxious note to Americans now losing themselves in accommodation?—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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An inaccurate diagnosis might lead to unnecessary or risky treatment, and a false positive can cause stress by requiring additional tests and anxious waits for results.—
Max Votek,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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“Fraught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraught. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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