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But few assets he has tackled have as thorny a history as Genesis Digital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

It’s a thorny thicket that can keep us stagnant at the pivotal moments requiring the most courage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

In the hierarchy of group chats, ranked from most benign to active minefield, the mom chat is in its own atmosphere, the Victor Wembanyama of thorny text chains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

And there are other thorny cultural factors too.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The women circled the basket, which was full of blackberries still on their short, thorny branches.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Those who trust these writers’ capabilities with using comic book properties as springboards to examine thornier issues can probably deduce that “Lanterns” is employing it for a specific reason.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

It’s a gauntlet made thornier whenever Murashige, who believes in mercy over violence, engages with Kanbei, chained in a dungeon but with a dangerous mind nonetheless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Then it was back to even thornier negotiations in Russia–Ukraine, and Iran.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

The U.S. and Iran struck a preliminary peace deal last week that broadly calls for a 60-day cease-fire and punted some of the conflict’s thornier issues, such as Iran’s uranium stockpiles.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

The weight upon him grew heavier and heavier as his path became thornier and thornier; the angles, the corners, and the pitfalls seemed to multiply, and always he was the victim.

From The Candidate A Political Romance by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

The tutors—several on the market are reported to be effective—are amazingly effective at some of the thorniest pedagogical challenges, especially adapting to the individual needs of students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The chapter on fisheries, expected to be the thorniest as Iceland is intent on retaining control over its resources, had not been opened.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

Check outthe Moneyist private Facebook group, where we look for answers to life’s thorniest money issues.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 14, 2026

The Reagan had run afoul of nuclear power’s thorniest problem: radioactive isotopes.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland