rife raɪf adjective
1. excessively abundant
2. frequent, common or widespread
The word rife has appeared in 276 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 25 in “Pac-Man’s New Friend: A Sword-Wielding Warrior,” a roundup of video game reviews:
I quickly noticed the bold, brassy fight songs — over 200 of them this year — in EA Sports College Football 26. The game’s soundtrack is so rife with spirited marches and bouncy versions of pop songs like Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” that I wanted to hit the gridiron immediately.
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