touchy
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More than 70,000 migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented, chaotic surge that left scores dead and sparked European Union infighting over the touchy issue of migration.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Some dating advice for the modern era: Money is often a touchy subject in relationships, but especially when one person earns more than their partner.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
Even maritime cooperation in law enforcement has been a touchy subject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The creation — and Carter’s expansion — of Redwood National Park has long been a touchy subject along California’s rural, economically depressed North Coast, where the once-thriving logging industry cratered over the last half-century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Where other elite athletes betray their doubts about their capacities with displays of touchy egotism, Woolf was utterly insouciant.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
After all, this conversation isn’t totally unlike one you might have with a potential roommate, even if familial obligations make it a bit touchier.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2025
Public safety issues prompted some of the touchier debates inside the Capitol.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
There is also the touchier question of how to address the legacy of both composers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Mussolini eventually bowed out after saying that, although she wasn’t sure if American anti-fascists were more annoying than Italian ones, they were definitely touchier:
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2019
“OK, OK," he squawked, “what about your brilliant idea, Thief Lord? Heavens, that man is touchier than a dog with a bone."
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
And food is one of the touchiest characteristics for sure.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
“But it’s also a more vulnerable performance, less tightly woven and deliberately plotted, even turning uncharacteristically jagged at points as it explores some of the writer’s touchiest preoccupations.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
He willingly wades into the NBA MVP debate, the touchiest of all NBA topics.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2017
Another reason the study can’t definitively show its touchiest suggestion—that mammograms were overdiagnosing cancers—is no one knows what is happening to these early stage cancers.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2012
He was about the touchiest guy I ever met.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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