barbed
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Peace turned out to be no less barbed with difficulties than war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
By figuring out how to economically mass produce barbed wire, Glidden certainly solved a problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
He’ll stick around through the series, offering barbed commentary and something like support: “If I humiliate you, it’s to save you from the bigger humiliation of remaining as you are.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Angela Rayner's speech to a group of Labour activists on Tuesday night was arch, barbed, punchy and unflinching.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
If I look closely, I can see tiny red thorns pointing out from the surface—like a wall of botanical barbed wire.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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