fraught

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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

But relations between Cuba and the United States have been fraught for centuries.

From Salon

In entertainment circles, the Oscar curse is a dreaded phenomenon, characterized by actors who have been nominated or won an Oscar, only for their post-prestige careers to be fraught with flops.

From Salon

That means Powell could remain a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee well into a Warsh chairmanship, adding a layer of complexity to an already fraught transition.

From Barron's

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