riddled

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History books are riddled with examples of pioneering inventors, like Meucci, whose work is relegated to the footnotes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Its international airport — which only recently reopened — has the remains of propeller planes carelessly tossed to the side of the runway, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and their wings askew.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

But this theory is entirely false, based on hastily assembled “academic” work that’s riddled with errors and lies.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

She said: "Three decades is absolutely insane, to the point where I am literally riddled with endometriosis."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But they needed to find a way to exchange information with Penkovsky in Moscow—a city where nearly every foreign agent was known to the KGB, and every wall, office, and apartment was riddled with bugs.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau