fraught

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With a new management team in place, Steve Russell now leads a trust fraught with problems - most significantly around breast cancer care.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

For now, it seems tensions remain fraught between the U.S. and Iran.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

She and Grace exchange a few looks so fraught with meaning that you almost wonder if a romantic subplot got cut.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Historically, the American government’s relationship with the press during wartime has always been fraught.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

They lamented and tore their hair, the priests, as fraught and rhetorical as they were when they prayed, and after a few days their outcries made people uneasy.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner