fraught
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Magyar is partly cutting through the fraught media landscape using social media.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
But the Iran war has put a spotlight on Taiwan’s fraught geopolitical situation.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Even knowing they must cooperate with the very people they’re competing against, as alliances form and fracture, each day grows more fraught.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
His love for his new fiancée—he only recently ended his fraught marriage to the actress Patricia Neal, having begun his liaison with Liccy well before its dissolution—comes through in moments of quick, quiet intimacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
We always tend to think of the past as “the good old days,” while the future seems fraught with danger.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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