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
“One of the biggest things I struggle with is judgment, so opening up or writing about touchy subjects or things that mean something to me was hard,” Lani said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Instead, she at first finds Mr. Hamm’s “Mad Men” costar, a touchy John Slattery, living out of his garage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Then there was the touchy question of the presidency.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
There is also the touchier question of how to address the legacy of both composers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
How do you navigate a touchier scene like that?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
“The only thing people are touchier about than parenting style is dog ownership,” Roderick wrote Sunday in a typically sarcastic tweet.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
Of course, no one said anything, their boss being touchier than a septic boil.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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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The Catcher in the Rye
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The Battle of the Labyrinth
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