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During US President Donald Trump's first administration, he even wrote about thorny topics such as the spread of misinformation on his platforms, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

If you haven’t been following the controversy, Wilson felt that Nolan had flattened the saga by mostly erasing the Greek gods and Odysseus’ wit, lust and thorny contradictions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

And then having a new build where it is, down the road from their current ground, deals with the potentially thorny problem about where United would play if Old Trafford was closed for a period.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

They might even prove to be much less thorny in the long term than those of its rival, OpenAI, as both companies gear up for IPOs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Or at least that's what Mai thought as she stared at the thorny bushes.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

The U.S. and Iran struck a preliminary peace deal last week that broadly calls for a 60-day cease-fire and punted some of the conflict’s thornier issues, such as Iran’s uranium stockpiles.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

China, he said, might hope "that will put Trump and his team in a positive frame of mind when they're then discussing more complex, thornier issues".

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

But if much of “Wasteman” follows an expected trajectory, the film’s conception of Taylor proves thornier than anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

And a culture of callouts, scandals, and fear may prevent media and publishing from wrestling with much thornier questions of authorship.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

At present he is plain human, with the world-old malady gnawing at his heart, a pain which threatens to send his cogitations whooping down a thornier and rosier lane than any Buddha ever knew.

From The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little

But negotiations on some of the thorniest issues - including Iran's nuclear programme - will be deferred for 60 days, raising questions about how long this agreement will last.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The chapter on fisheries, expected to be the thorniest as Iceland is intent on retaining control over its resources, had not been opened.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Unions say the measure would give them needed leverage and remove political pressure from the thorniest contract questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

By funding independent research organizations, Tech Labs sidesteps some of the thorniest debates about indirect costs and institutional overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

The Reagan had run afoul of nuclear power’s thorniest problem: radioactive isotopes.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland