thorny

Example Sentences

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No one would call it a thorny financial situation.

From MarketWatch

Unions say the measure would give them needed leverage and remove political pressure from the thorniest contract questions.

From Los Angeles Times

The death comes amid a difficult economic climate in the heavily indebted west African country, where students have protested the thorny issue of stipend arrears for several years.

From Barron's

Investors also have been betting on the bull market to broaden beyond tech, which has its own woes as investors sift through thorny issues around the artificial-intelligence trade.

From MarketWatch

The thorny issue of what to do with Russian assets has not only stumped Western leaders but also officials in Berlin who are saddled with three crumbling buildings belonging to Moscow.

From Barron's