rife
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Kate Chatfield, executive director of the California Public Defenders Assn., said the confusion has led to a system that is rife with “punitive and vague consequences.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Similar programs created by local governments to encourage potential retirees to stay on the job have been costly and rife with abuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The game's immense popularity sometimes also meant "servers buckled under the strain", said Reynolds, meaning connectivity problems were "rife for some time".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Speculation is rife in Westminster that Farage could walk away from frontline politics.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The literature of Everest is rife with accounts of hallucinatory experiences attributable to hypoxia and fatigue.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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