lousy with
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Pennsylvania was lousy with wildcatters, all of them convinced they’d struck it rich.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
But my Google searches, like hers, are lousy with periods.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2023
It connects Lake Michigan and the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River, which pours into the Illinois River, which is lousy with invasive carp.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023
“OF: RDG” is classic recent Ritchie: star-studded, snarky, and ultimately grating, lousy with weird glasses and bad accents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
Hartford and Providence and such are big cities, bustling with manufacturing, lousy with traffic.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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