nettlesome
Example Sentences
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The same can’t be said of several recent top editors of the New York Times, hobbled variously by nettlesome personalities, bad timing and worse luck.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023
Which brings us back to a constant theme in this column: the nettlesome issue of middlemen.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
But an equally nettlesome problem is a severe lack of mental health providers, particularly in rural America.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022
JetBlue was once a “scrappy opponent” and American’s most nettlesome competitor in New York.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2022
They both needed her in an odd sort of way—their nettlesome guardian angel.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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