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
Meanwhile her own position was certainly very difficult, and she acknowledged its thorniness with a little sigh.
From Comedies of Courtship by Anthony Hope
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