riddled

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An October 2024 launch party with Will Smith and Alicia Keys proved premature, as rushed work left hotels riddled with construction problems and unable to open without hundreds of millions of dollars of fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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

The 47-year-old said it meant that by the time she was diagnosed she was "literally riddled" with the disease.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

“We were presented with a draft complaint riddled with clear errors of fact and law,” Glaser said in a statement last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

He paused and for a moment seemed to study his hands, which were riddled with liver spots and trembled at times: Nels suffered from an advancing neurasthenia.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson