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- adj. Superlative form of thorny.
Examples
“thorniest" problems that IBM's customers are having integrating technology into their businesses, rather than developing any specific technology.”
“But price may still be Muscadet's thorniest problem.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cheap but Charming: Dipping Into Muscadet
“If I were Michele Obama I would be the thorniest thorn about getting to the bottom of this.”
“The deer were likely hunkered down in the thickest, nastiest, thorniest stuff in the area to get out of the weather, and avoid hunting pressure.”
“Meaningful progress on each of these is possible in Durban; but it is on the largest and thorniest issues of all -- the future of the Kyoto Protocol and the prospect of a new legally binding treaty -- that attention is beginning to focus.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Jacobs: Could There Yet Be Hope in Durban?
“Unfortunately, Mr. Patry dances around the thorniest problem with copyright laws: the fact that some Internet companies see them as suggestions rather than statutes and build businesses based largely on infringement.”
“- Eight Republican presidential candidates sparred in a debate here Saturday night over how to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon and whether to cut foreign aid to Pakistan, reflecting deep divides over some of the nation's thorniest foreign policy questions.”
The Wall Street Journal: Republicans Argue on Afghanistan, Iran, Torture
“Geometric and algebraic proofs abound, although the thorniest derivations are tucked into appendices.”
“The thorniest issue for Senator Clinton continues to be connected to the one person noticeably absent – her husband.”
Live Blog: Clinton’s Confirmation Hearing - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“In selecting him, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which consists of five people appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, or Storting, appear to be endorsing Obama's appeal for greater multilateral cooperation aimed at tackling the thorniest global problems; conflict, nuclear weapons, climate change.”
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