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fraught

[frawt] / frɔt /


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Mason was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 for his work with Traffic, but the musician had a fraught history with the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

A blockade is fraught with downsides of its own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

I have no solution for the fraught dynamics of social media, besides perhaps throwing one’s phone in a lake, and “Yesteryear’s” target audience isn’t likely to heed that advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Magyar is partly cutting through the fraught media landscape using social media.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

That was a fraught night for me, you see.”

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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