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For now, she tries to be a thorn in their side, showing up to meetings.

The Realtor group’s membership guidance for MLS usage has long been a thorn in the side of some agents.

Farmers cursed the plant as it dug its thorns into the legs of horses and cowboys.

Its poisonous thorns also injure livestock, leaving them too weak to roam for food, he added.

Preven, a well-known government transparency advocate, garnered a reputation as an eagle-eyed observer of local meetings, a savvy wielder of the state’s public records act, and a reliable thorn in the sides of his government.