thick with
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The shuttle was grounded, 14 astronauts had died in two disasters, and the hearing room was thick with the anxiety of a nation that feared it had lost a step.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
It’s a personal book, thick with narrative and recollection and, unsurprisingly, a pleasure to cook from.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
“The Abandons,” a new western premiering Thursday on Netflix, is thick with old plot points and character types.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Piles of belongings and rotting food covered the bed and the air was thick with flies.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
Another investigator had separately asked Joe, “Were you thick with Annie?”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
