fraught
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Such an operation would be extremely challenging and fraught with danger, according to military experts and former US defence officials who spoke to the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
For now, it seems tensions remain fraught between the U.S. and Iran.
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
In most places on earth, this encounter would have been fraught with tension.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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