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
“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
On “Poor Little Fool,” by Ricky Nelson: “She sized you up, she was captivating and shrewd and lousy with lies. Oh yeah, you were an absolute blockhead beyond a doubt.”
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022
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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