adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rife (= very common )
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Corruption was rife in the south of the country.
rumours are rife (= are talked about by a lot of people )
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Rumours were rife that the band had refused to play.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Drug abuse is rife despite a nationwide crackdown.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.
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But rumour is rife that the reactor pot has already been buried.
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Granted, expectation of the Messiah was rife throughout the Holy Land at the time.
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Horror stories are rife of ex-cons setting up their own security companies, with all the obvious risks that entails.
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Only later did I find out conjecture was rife that I was a government spy.
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Pitt was a great philanthropist and wanted to stamp out smuggling, which was rife .
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Reports of inhuman treatment, torture, and public execution for failure to conform with Kimism were rife .
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Rumours have always been rife about Macari's interest in turf accountancy.