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as in crowded
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
every room in my childhood home is fraught with memories
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as in uneasy
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
had a fraught meeting with his estranged wife to discuss a divorce settlement
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Recent Examples of fraught
Here’s a list of key events in the fraught relationship between Trump and Wray.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
At the center of this alliance is the historically fraught relationship between Japan and South Korea.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
In The Wind on Her Tongue, Oya is reimagined as a young woman in 1870s America, grappling with her identity in a fraught and complex society.
—Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The filmmakers agreed that the war game provided a way to discuss fraught political issues.
—Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
At the center of this alliance is the historically fraught relationship between Japan and South Korea.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
In The Wind on Her Tongue, Oya is reimagined as a young woman in 1870s America, grappling with her identity in a fraught and complex society.
—Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The filmmakers agreed that the war game provided a way to discuss fraught political issues.
—Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraught
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Wearing a mask, especially in crowded indoor areas, can help minimize transmission of not just SARS-CoV-2, but all respiratory viruses.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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But the series also revealed an uneasy disconnect between the British public and the media.Katie Marie Davies, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Here, she’s filmed upside-down against a stark white sky with the old girl bobbing on an uneasy axis.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Immediately after Dylan’s tense moment with Seeger, Dylan walks out to find a loaded Cash trying (failing) to back his car out of a parking lot.Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Romy is the immaculately assembled and impossibly tense CEO of an automation company, whose pioneering work with robotics and artificial intelligence feels almost too on the nose.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Luckily that doesn’t require braving packed grocery stores and spending hours in the kitchen.Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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Here, guests can expect more live music and a packed dance floor filled with people still in their ski and snowboard gear.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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One of the more disturbing results was from the dinner party at the Brooklyn apartment of my ProPublica colleague.Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
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Duchamp spent the last twenty years of his life working in secret on a three-dimensional tableau vivant of a naked, headless female body in a realistic landscape, a strangely disturbing image that is both a summary of his meta-retinal art and a total departure from it.Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Speculation has been rife over the past few days that the wipe may not arrive on a Thursday as is usually the case.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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The Syrian economy was teetering, thanks in large part to U.S.-led sanctions, and corruption was rife.John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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And Robert Zemeckis' 2009 take featuring Jim Carrey is noteworthy for a few reasons: Not only are the ghosts downright terrifying, but the animation style is also unsettling, and may scare you for all the wrong reasons.Huntley Woods, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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In addition to this unsettling experience, Robbins shared with Newsweek a moment of unexpected kindness during her return flight.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The horror sequel centers on pop star and drug addict Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), who's anxious about a comeback tour and visits her dealer for pills.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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His words speak to an anxious, ongoing need not just to entertain, but to distract, to overact, to keep the audience unmoored, all in an effort to hide deep and intractable feelings of inadequacy.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Fraught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraught. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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