rife

Preposition: with

• superstition: Through the Ages and for All Eternity The exact origin of the wedding ring is uncertain and is rife with superstition and mythology.
• rumor: Lying low is now mandatory in Baghdad, a city rife with rumors that foreigners will soon be asked to leave.
• corruption: A significant number have been rife with corruption or have left countries with huge debts.
• story: The communications press is rife with stories and reports about the probable downturn.. .

Preposition: at

time: It also suggest that the two died due to some infection rife at the time.

Modifying Another Word

• still: False teaching is still rife in the church today.
• particularly: The data also showed that the unemployment is particularly rife among women.
• so: False positive and negative results we are told are so rife its more stress than its worth.
• already: Importing tens of millions of foreign workers into a bloc already rife with racial tensions is also fraught with political difficulties.
• now: A huge increase in ' phishing ' which is the use of often sophisticated e-mail scams is now rife in the UK.
• also: Bullying, sexual harassment and physical abuse is also rife.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: Despite the bad news, optimism about the economy remains rife.
• run: The burning pain now running rife could surely soon destroy our life.
• become: However, these systems are rapidly penetrating the market and will soon become rife.

Preposition: in

• workplace: Dianah Worman, CIPD Diversity Adviser, says, ' Figures show age discrimination is still rife in the workplace.
• town: The country quiet, but the plague rife in small towns about Edinburgh.
• today: False teaching is still rife in the church today.
• country: Home invasion and murder is rife in this country at the moment.
• area: Adamnan died around 704 AD, having been attributed with the halting of the plague rife in the area at the time.
• world: The findings offer an explanation as to why breast cancer is more rife in the western world compared with the developing world.