rife with
idiom
: having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant)
The school was rife with rumors.
a history rife with scandal
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While each of the eight main Hawaiian islands are rife with natural beauty, the archipelago’s youngest landmass offers plenty of room to roam, with more than 10,000 square kilometers of captivating landscapes to explore.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The air is still rife with uncertainty for the Fed, businesses and consumers.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Scott, a former two-term governor of the Sunshine State and no stranger to working with the agency while battling major hurricanes, characterized FEMA as rife with fraud that does little more than write checks for post-disaster cleanup.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Alan Fox’s script is rife with clunkers (the somnolent Ilfenesh Hadera, as David’s wife Pam, explains with haunting detail which items of decor on the dining table can be moved where by the police), and the intrusive score is the equivalent of garish wall-to-wall carpeting.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2025
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The air is still rife with uncertainty for the Fed, businesses and consumers.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Scott, a former two-term governor of the Sunshine State and no stranger to working with the agency while battling major hurricanes, characterized FEMA as rife with fraud that does little more than write checks for post-disaster cleanup.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Alan Fox’s script is rife with clunkers (the somnolent Ilfenesh Hadera, as David’s wife Pam, explains with haunting detail which items of decor on the dining table can be moved where by the police), and the intrusive score is the equivalent of garish wall-to-wall carpeting.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2025
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“Rife with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rife%20with. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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