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

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

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 • Mar. 22, 2026

“I’ll do the laundry tonight — that ought to be fraught with peril.”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer