Rife
adjective
When something bad or unpleasant is very common or widespread.
Corruption was rife in the city.
Often appears as...
- rife with
- crime is rife
adjective
Something that is full or filled with something.
The area is rife with rumors about his arrival.
Often appears as...
- rife with rumors
- speculation is rife
adjective
When something bad or unpleasant is very common or widespread.
Corruption was rife in the city.
Often appears as...
- rife with
- crime is rife
adjective
Something that is full or filled with something.
The area is rife with rumors about his arrival.
Often appears as...
- rife with rumors
- speculation is rife
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Context
Used to highlight widespread problems or negative situations, often socially or politically charged.
Discrimination is still rife in certain communities.
Pro Tip 2/3No Physical Spread
Focuses on non-physical spread like ideas or behaviors, not diseases or tangible things.
Superstitions are rife in the remote village.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Emphasizes the severe level or high intensity of the situation described.
After the scandal, speculation was rife about the CEO's resignation.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Context
Used to highlight widespread problems or negative situations, often socially or politically charged.
Discrimination is still rife in certain communities.
Pro Tip 2/3No Physical Spread
Focuses on non-physical spread like ideas or behaviors, not diseases or tangible things.
Superstitions are rife in the remote village.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Emphasizes the severe level or high intensity of the situation described.
After the scandal, speculation was rife about the CEO's resignation.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Context
Used to highlight widespread problems or negative situations, often socially or politically charged.
Discrimination is still rife in certain communities.
Pro Tip 2/3No Physical Spread
Focuses on non-physical spread like ideas or behaviors, not diseases or tangible things.
Superstitions are rife in the remote village.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
Emphasizes the severe level or high intensity of the situation described.
After the scandal, speculation was rife about the CEO's resignation.
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And if a child inherits a copy of the mutation from only one parent, there will be just enough abnormal hemoglobin to make life difficult for the malaria parasite, while most of their red blood cells retain their normal shape and function. In regions rife with this parasite, sickle cell mutation offered a serious evolutionary advantage.
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Valerie Purdie-Greenaway:...
you've probably had this experience over and over. So trust your intuition that it's not you bringing paranoia to the workplace, that these kind of stereotypes and otherisms are rife and alive. I think that's the first thing. And then the second thing is having these layers of support
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How humans could evolve...
Our path to the stars will be rife with trials that will bring us to question not only who we are but where we will be going. The answers will lie in our choice to use or abandon the technology that we have gleaned from life itself,
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Community-powered...
into areas rife with toxic chemicals that make people sick. They are surrounded by concrete that traps heat. Extreme temperatures demand more cooling, more money, more energy, more carbon. Our problems are interconnected.
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Why should you read...
As the skies clear, we are invited into a world that seems far removed from our own, but is rife with familiar concerns about freedom, power, and control. The Tempest is set on a desert island, exposed to the elements
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Best of Penguins PIPE Top 5...
the baby snatchers have had enough and the male returns to his maid he might need another shower but at least his chick is safe kidnapping is also rife in the emperor colony the newly walking chicks are
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Meth Smuggling Model PIPE...
if you have no discipline, you run amok. And that's pretty much what happened. I wasn't turning up for shoots, drugs were rife. It wasn't a cause of my demise, but we got out of control.
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Penguins Kidnapping...
The baby-snatchers have had enough and the male returns to his mate. He might need another shower, but at least his chick is safe. Kidnapping is also rife in the emperor colony.
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Gun violence as told by...
rife with gang activity while half the shootings I reported were the result of a crime the other half I was very surprised to learn with a result of arguments
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Why I fight for the...
a country rife with conflict. I did not choose my name -- Nyiriak, which means "war." I've always rejected it and all the legacy it was born into.
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How this disease changes...
And if a child inherits a copy of the mutation from only one parent, there will be just enough abnormal hemoglobin to make life difficult for the malaria parasite, while most of their red blood cells retain their normal shape and function. In regions rife with this parasite, sickle cell mutation offered a serious evolutionary advantage.
Video examples
Valerie Purdie-Greenaway:...
you've probably had this experience over and over. So trust your intuition that it's not you bringing paranoia to the workplace, that these kind of stereotypes and otherisms are rife and alive. I think that's the first thing. And then the second thing is having these layers of support
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How humans could evolve...
Our path to the stars will be rife with trials that will bring us to question not only who we are but where we will be going. The answers will lie in our choice to use or abandon the technology that we have gleaned from life itself,
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Community-powered...
into areas rife with toxic chemicals that make people sick. They are surrounded by concrete that traps heat. Extreme temperatures demand more cooling, more money, more energy, more carbon. Our problems are interconnected.
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Why should you read...
As the skies clear, we are invited into a world that seems far removed from our own, but is rife with familiar concerns about freedom, power, and control. The Tempest is set on a desert island, exposed to the elements
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Best of Penguins PIPE Top 5...
the baby snatchers have had enough and the male returns to his maid he might need another shower but at least his chick is safe kidnapping is also rife in the emperor colony the newly walking chicks are
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Meth Smuggling Model PIPE...
if you have no discipline, you run amok. And that's pretty much what happened. I wasn't turning up for shoots, drugs were rife. It wasn't a cause of my demise, but we got out of control.
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Penguins Kidnapping...
The baby-snatchers have had enough and the male returns to his mate. He might need another shower, but at least his chick is safe. Kidnapping is also rife in the emperor colony.
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Gun violence as told by...
rife with gang activity while half the shootings I reported were the result of a crime the other half I was very surprised to learn with a result of arguments
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Why I fight for the...
a country rife with conflict. I did not choose my name -- Nyiriak, which means "war." I've always rejected it and all the legacy it was born into.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
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Eric Bogosian
American Actor
If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy.
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Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesian Economist
Conflicting legislation and regulations, overlapping mandates, unwillingness to enforce land use, elite capture, entrenched attitudes, and lack of incentives to influence behavior are rife in many resource-rich countries.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
My personal history, along with the history of many black people in this country, is rife with trauma born out of anti-black policies aided and facilitated by presidents and their administrations.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments rule our lives and dictate choices.
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Julian Barratt
English Comedian
The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It's vanity, and it's hard to sort of avoid all those things; they come at you as an actor.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.
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Alvin Ailey
American Dancer
If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.
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Thomas Gibson
American Actor
Prague is not rife in Asian culture.
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Pamela Meyer
American Author
Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
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Eric Bogosian
American Actor
If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say suburbs - and I'm not the first person to say this, it's been said over and over again in literature - there's a sense of normalcy.
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Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife.
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Indonesian Economist
Conflicting legislation and regulations, overlapping mandates, unwillingness to enforce land use, elite capture, entrenched attitudes, and lack of incentives to influence behavior are rife in many resource-rich countries.
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Patrisse Cullors
American Activist
My personal history, along with the history of many black people in this country, is rife with trauma born out of anti-black policies aided and facilitated by presidents and their administrations.
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Mariella Frostrup
British Journalist
Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments rule our lives and dictate choices.
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Julian Barratt
English Comedian
The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It's vanity, and it's hard to sort of avoid all those things; they come at you as an actor.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.
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Alvin Ailey
American Dancer
If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.
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Thomas Gibson
American Actor
Prague is not rife in Asian culture.
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