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During a period fraught with difficulties and marked by very extraordinary events,the United States has flourished beyond example.
请问前半句的with 可以不要嘛?可以写成
During a period of fraught difficulties and marked by very extraordinary events ,..

fraught with =full of
fraught 为充满的
fraught difficulties则为充满的问题,说不通
而且它整个后面是并列的后置定语