a whole raft of

a (whole) raft of (something)

A very large number or collection of people or things. We had a whole raft of problems on opening night, but I think most of the issues have been resolved. While the film has been receiving positive reviews from critics, there's a raft of fans who are upset with the way it turned out.
See also: of, raft
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a whole raft of

COMMON A whole raft of people or things is a large number of them. This is likely to affect a whole raft of consumer industries. Under Lord Cornwallis, a whole raft of legislation was brought in.
See also: of, raft, whole
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • a (whole) raft of (something)
  • a raft of
  • raft
  • host
  • a (whole) host of (something)
  • water under the bridge
  • be water under the bridge
  • whole
  • never whistle till you are out of the woods
  • don't whistle till you are out of the woods
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And I'm sure we're not the only people thinking like that: I'm sure there's a whole raft of Hollywood scriptwriters going doolally about it already, and trying to get Denzel in for Chief Moose.
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Amazingly, a whole raft of coded words have found their way into the mainstream.
Breaking the code