thorniness

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Mickey has some predictable thorniness with his tween daughter, but it's fleeting.

From Salon • May 21, 2022

The thorniness of those issues contrasted with the uplifting simplicity of what Sui said of competitors Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, who stand in second after a smashing 84.25.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

Biden illustrated the thorniness of the debate recently when he gave a short answer to a question about Americans’ ability to worship during the pandemic: That it should happen “safely.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2020

In recent years, the thorniness of the frozen-embryo issue has come to light via Sofía Vergara, whose ex-fiancé Nick Loeb has filed several lawsuits to gain possession of the two embryos they created together.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2018

Cunning little thing, for all her thorniness and her sharpness with him, which he now saw that he had deserved....

From Murder at Bridge by Austin, Anne