as in filled
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
Injuries were rife across the roster, ineffective play from veterans was a real concern and the goaltending was a question mark.
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The path forward will be rife intra-party challenges as Republicans work through competing priorities such as cutting spending and extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
While uncertainty is rife, history can serve as a guide as to when the S&P 500 might find a bottom.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Mercifully — and unlike the two terraces behind each goal at Valley Parade in an era when hooliganism was rife in English football — there was no security fence to keep fans penned in.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The path forward will be rife intra-party challenges as Republicans work through competing priorities such as cutting spending and extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
While uncertainty is rife, history can serve as a guide as to when the S&P 500 might find a bottom.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
Mercifully — and unlike the two terraces behind each goal at Valley Parade in an era when hooliganism was rife in English football — there was no security fence to keep fans penned in.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
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At least nine of the 25 arrested have landed in immigration detention — scattered across the country from a crowded lockup in Miami to a facility in a sleepy Texas railway town to a confinement in a Pacific Northwest port city overlooked by Mount Rainier.—
Hannah Critchfield,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2025
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In crowded markets, differentiation often comes from the interface, not the engine.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Across the Yellow Sea lies China, which South Korea has a strong trade relationship with – but historically fraught diplomatic relations.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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In New York, the declaration has become a moment of catharsis in these fraught political times.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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Within the rock samples, researchers saw traces of a silver-gray metal about as rare as gold that was likely more abundant in Earth’s early building materials when the core developed about 4.5 billion years ago.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, providing structure to skin, bones, muscles, and connective tissue.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
29 May 2025
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Liverpool was awash with red on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of soccer fans cramming its streets to watch an open-top bus parade celebrating the club’s 20th league title.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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The principality’s flag may be red and white, but Monaco is awash in blue and beige — colors Leclerc and Ferrari Style creative director Rocco Iannone drew from when collaborating on the latest capsule collection from the F1 team’s in-house fashion brand, another Leclerc side project.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Now, Coral Springs, considered a suburb of Fort Lauderdale but attracting Miami commuters as well, is a packed city with plenty of culture, recreation and business.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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On Sunday, the team lifted the Premier League Trophy at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium, its first time lifting the trophy in front of a packed stadium as its previous victory was during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Another taxing target is gambling now that most of the Land of Lincoln is replete with gaming devices and casinos.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Pete Alonso has returned to the team in career form, Francisco Lindor has continued to play like one of the best shortstops in the sport and the pitching staff is replete with pleasant surprises.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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