| thorny issue | 26.40 | It resolved no thorny issues. | ||
| thorny question | 6.25 | A thorny question, to be sure. | ||
| thorny problem | 5.86 | That presents another thorny problem. | ||
| thorny matter | 0.92 | Conversation turns to the thorny matter of enclosure. | ||
| thorny one | 0.92 | But the issue is a thorny one. | ||
| thorny subject | 0.86 | Standardizing herbal extracts is a thorny subject. | ||
| thorny dispute | 0.79 | The thorny dispute has been the cause of two of the three wars between the nuclear-armed nations. | ||
| thorny bush | 0.72 | Youths swinging hoes cleared thorny bushes. | ||
| thorny challenge | 0.53 | Goldberg acknowledged that he faced a thorny challenge. | ||
| thorny case | 0.33 | US Secretary of State Warren Christopher meanwhile found the thorny case unexpectedly thrust onto his agenda on an inter-American tour. | ||
| thorny debate | 0.33 | In the matter of three hours, a thorny debate had disappeared. | ||
| thorny dilemma | 0.33 | For Clinton, affirmative action presents a thorny political dilemma. | ||
| thorny plant | 0.33 | Such a thorny plant and a heavy container seemingly would discourage a thief. | ||
| thorny relationship | 0.33 | In it, Johnson talked about his thorny relationship with Haley. | ||
| thorny topic | 0.33 | They are easily outdated and often skim the surface of thorny topics. | ||
| thorny trade | 0.33 | The spokesman said however that there was little hope that the thorny trade issues would be resolved ahead of the summit. | ||
| thorny detail | 0.26 | But they left the thorny details to be worked out in the steering committee. | ||
| thorny negotiation | 0.26 | The marketing program is intertwined in the thorny negotiation between City Hall and ACOG over paying for city services. | ||
| thorny scrub | 0.26 | Crews have drilled dozens of new wells amid the mesquite and thorny scrub. |