fraught
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Election night of 1988 was fraught with tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Water supply is a fraught issue in Cape Town which narrowly avoided a "Day Zero" water shutdown in 2018 and could reportedly face restrictions from December as the warming El Nino weather pattern takes hold.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The 20-plus-year journey—from the lightbulb over Bartholdi’s head to the lamp over the statue’s—was fraught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That urgent question is the book’s ultimate contribution to the fraught death-penalty debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Speaking words I couldn’t understand, Russian or the like, incoherent and fraught with panic.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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