thorn
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SNL remains a consistent thorn in his side, especially when Alec Baldwin is playing him.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Will it be a case of rose meet thorn?
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Anthropic’s new model, Claude Mythos, has been the latest thorn in the side of the software sector.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
Long a key growth driver—and Nike’s biggest market outside North America—China has become a thorn in its turnaround efforts as Nike faces fiercer local competition and cooling consumer demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
They planted their fields carefully and all about their new plants they built fences made out of sticks and pieces of thorn tree.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
“May this persecution, like the thorns that afflicted Paul, sharpen our courage and make our faith as solid as a rock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
It depicts a grieving Madonna, and would likely have been displayed facing an image of Christ wearing a crown of thorns.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
You’re taking a promenade in a rose garden filled with thorns — forgive my “Bridgerton” evocation.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026
Its poisonous thorns also injure livestock, leaving them too weak to roam for food, he added.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
Before Cotton’s thorns had dug in so deep.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing thorn
Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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