| 单词 | thorn |
| 例句 | Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The sky, with the sun no longer overhead but sending shadows now into the Field of Leaving from the trees and thorn bushes at its edge, told her that it was long past midday. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't even pick the thorns from my socks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The flowering branches have sprouted thorns so thickly that petals are barely visible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Here, the brown, withered grasses were sharp as thorns. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z But it was just a prickly bush thing....This...this was a whole city of vines and thorns. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The cat let it get nearly to the cover of the blackberry vines and then she reached delicately out and white thorns had sprouted on her paw. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesus is showing His heart with the crown of thorns, the fire, the blood. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He says, “When we open the door it will be like a blanket of thorns swinging with it.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Even the painted lotus flowers on the back panel had been clawed by the thorns. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z His leathery, spiky tail whipped deadly thorns in all directions. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She shrank to one side, as close as she could get to the wall of thorns, hoping that whoever it was might go on past, not seeing her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her goats were tethered to a thorn bush, which they chewed without enthusiasm. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A violet fairy transformed a thorn from a rosebush into a spear. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In a few minutes Grandpa was back with a dark red rose in his hand, biting off the thorns and spitting them out as he walked toward the bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Just above the bridge, between it and a thorn bush upstream, was a ledge of turf which overhung the water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers have a thorn at each knuckle, and thorns ridge his arm, running up under the cuffs of his shirt, visible when he and Dain urge Madoc over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’s already going through enough, hanging on a cross, crown of thorns on his head, without having to listen to us too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If she has thorns like real roses do, I’ve never noticed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She can catch fish with a thorn hook and a line of braided basswood, and she knows the wild edible plants. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Calvin sticks his skinny hand right in there behind the thorns. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Now, as Nhamo lay in speckled shadow and watched the ants wander over acacia thorns, she considered the implications of this story. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By midday, she was halfway there and paused to shelter for a while under the shade of a thorn tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But she removed the thorn and cleaned the wound. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “And look at those thorns. It’s hard to see how even a rat could get in there.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Only with difficulty did Adaon’s tall steed enter; and Islimach rolled her eyes frantically as the thorns tore at her flanks. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Poor thing had two broken legs and a dislocated shoulder, and its fur was all shredded-up and bloody ’cause the thorns. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The remaining bone of contention is a thorn in his side and an albatross around his neck. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals drew away into thorn brakes and water holes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A bullet plucked at Chamberlain’s coat, a hard pluck so that he thought he had caught a thorn but looked down and saw the huge gash. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I trimmed all the leaves and thorns off, then headed for him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After three wobbly seconds he landed in the prickly leaves of a rockrose, but he promptly got up, pulled a few thorns out of his foot, and tried again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His mustache in the photograph was clipped and narrow, his chin was chiseled, and his eyes were sharp as thorns. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Naima stayed where she was and listened to the rasp of thorns clawing the tin. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Straight ahead, instead of a stone image of a God or Goddess, hung a wooden cross with a carved figure of Yesu, bleeding, with thorns wound around his head. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If I succumbed to it, the hatred’s roots would choke me; its thorns would embed in my soul, until it truly became mine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns,” said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Er, er, he walked into a big thorn tree, didn’t you, Fangburn?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Getting the thorn out was not easy, for the foot had become so tender that Pipkin winced and pulled away even from Hazel’s tongue. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Fang yelped and tried to run, but got lodged in a tangle of thorns and yelped even louder. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “You’ll what? Stomp your little paws again? Go ahead. The Thicket is gone, remember? Whatever magic was in those thorns burned away when the iron monsters attacked.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Consider then twenty thorns driven into your head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When he says to his dad, “How can you contemplate leaving me? Of the world’s flowers, my share is only thorns.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I thought how I must take the thorn out of Jasper’s foot and I wondered if Robert would come in and clear the tea-things. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I walked in last, wearing my crown of thorns. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I say, “Going to get the loppers! Cut the thorns! So we can get in there!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z On the further edge of this broad hill-back they stayed their march and crawled for hiding underneath a tangled knot of thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Thank you for accompanying us on our trek this evening. It’s nice to know that such a beautiful rose can use her thorns effectively.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z One side of it was solid earth, the other a dense screen of thorns and branches impossible to see through but with enough cracks and crevices to admit a little air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I had contrarily become something of a devotee of them because they are tough and give good protection against thorns, ticks, insects, and poison ivy—perfect for the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed the spear, which was lying against the thorn barrier, and quickly unhooked the ladder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He waddled off the road, undid his breeches, and relieved himself into a tangle of thorns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Though he resolutely opposed apartheid and refused to allow KwaZulu to become an “independent” homeland as the government wished, he was a thorn in the side of the democratic movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know yet if she was rose or thorn, but one thing I knew for sure. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They sat on the thorns and waved their antennae slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanley pulled some thorns out of his pant legs. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The community cloth was drab, all no-color; the formless shifts and trousers worn by the people were woven and stitched for protection against the sudden occasional rain, thorn scratch, or poison berry. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Many had thorns, and they had to be careful walking through them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Meggie heard him cursing the thorns, the prickles, the darkness, and the wretched riffraff he was having to stumble after in the middle of the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Two of the runs—the ones among the thorn trees—led straight down to burrows scooped out of the top of the chalk subsoil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, nor felt such thorns,” returned Laurie, with his thumb in his mouth, after a vain attempt to capture a solitary scarlet flower that grew just beyond his reach. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Let the gallowglasses fight among themselves if they must—indeed, since there was a real aggression for thorn to settle, apart from the question of ransom, let them light to the best of their ability. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped, put his ear as close to it as he could without getting jabbed by thorns, and listened. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Two njuzu girls were weaving around the thorn barrier, looking for a way up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Next morning, we found bits of fabric and threads and even a handkerchief caught on the thorns. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The path is paved with cement, and there are wild roses on either side, so long that the thorns threaten to scratch my arms. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One was me, bound naked on a hackney, with two knights riding on either side, and flogging me with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a vague idea that being Christian had something to do with worshipping Yesu, a God who wore a crown of thorns. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Without flinching, he brushed aside the grasping branches and ignored the thorns that scraped his arms and face. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I stood up and began pulling thorns out of my bloody cheek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But she walked without regard to burrs or thorns, for as she stepped forth the ground beneath her became carpeted with fluorescent rose petals. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Grass and thorns, blackberries broken on the ground, mud, worms, rotting leaves, a rat creeping through the bush. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He saw the gwythaint was wounded by more than thorns; perhaps an eagle had challenged it, for blood flecked its back and a number of feathers had been torn out. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Scrubby plants sprouted between the rows of stone benches, so it looked like a concert for thorn bushes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was more than enough room for me to move easily, but a thorn jabbed me when I got too close. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He was impressed, and vowed not to say a word about the pain from the thorn scratches across his face. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The thorns had captured Father’s gleaming new rickshaw, bushes closing around it like a trap. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z The Honeycomb was still rough-dug and half finished, but it would probably be as comfortable as the holes under the thorn trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The ceramic piece was the suffering face of Christ wearing a crown of thorns made from sharp nails. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A single sweep, and a third of it lay, a writhing heap of thorns, in a pile twenty feet away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “He had a rose on his shield, the man who gave this to me. I scratched my hand on a thorn.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Vines dotted with cruel thorns ran through the semidarkness like barbed wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I tore my way through the blackberry patches until my hands and feet were scratched raw and red from the thorns. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The returning midwife, angry at Alyce for ignoring her earlier, set her to do all the least pleasant chores: roasting frogs’ livers, boiling snails into jelly, stripping the thorns from dogberry roses. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Offer it up and think of the sufferings of Our Lord on the cross, the crown of thorns, the nails in His poor hands and feet, the wound in His side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They planted their fields carefully and all about their new plants they built fences made out of sticks and pieces of thorn tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I found a branch with the thorns smoothed off. I pushed it back, and found...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I wondered about thorns, poison ivy, snakes...I wondered, but I didn’t stop. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Thus he was a thorn in the household and he hung about everywhere, talking and idling and yawning, and half dressed even at noon. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z To go inside, we must ride between two trees, an oak and a thorn, and then straight into what appears to be the stone wall of an abandoned folly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gum Baby saluted and started trotting down the grassy hill to the doorway in the thorns. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On either side of the path there was a wilderness of nettles and blackberry thorns and long brown grass. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “So, you walked into a big thorn tree and got two black eyes, a torn ear and your whole hide covered in long scratches?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z By that time I was bruised all over from the cows banging into me, and my legs were bloody from the scratches I got from the acacia thorns. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Favor was like a rose, glorious in bloom but fleeting, and hiding the thorn below its flower. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Stanley groaned as he pulled a thorn out of the palm of his hand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z If she stretched her toes out, they met the gardenia thorns. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ned Stark reached out his hand to grasp the flowery crown, but beneath the pale blue petals the thorns lay hidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The room was warm—and cozy, despite the thorns. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z All was still, save for the grasshoppers and the falling finch song of the yellowhammer on the thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As they approached, they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks, cleaning his face with his paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The long sleeves keep getting caught on thorns and branches as I run through the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But her comment still cut, reminding me of the thorns I drew in my garden sketches. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He must have caught a thorn in his pads, for he kept biting and sucking at the skin. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “If you take ... thorn out of foot,” croaked Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you had to stay, I’d stay with you. But don’t pick up any more thorns, Hlao-roo, because we may have to go a long way.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of you will fall on dry ground or thorns. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I bored two holes in each of the disks, using thorns and fine sand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Between here and there lay only swirling sand, wind-scoured rocks, and plants bristly with sharp thorns. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A part of her was still in Capricorn’s village, or trudging through thorns, or cowering in the ruined hovel and trembling as Basta came closer. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Near the thorn tree was a deep ant hole, and the girl sat next to this, allowing her tears to disappear into the dark depths of the earth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Before them stretched the wide basin that had once been full of living water and was now filled with dead whales.The bones stuck up like a gigantic bowl of thorns. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Down to the last thorn and silken petal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Yes, the thorns hurt, but having crashed through the brambles and trampled a few petunias, he had a five-second jump on his oldest brother, Mike. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The animals chased them right down to the bottom of the field, and got in some last kicks at them as they forced their way through the thorn hedge. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Few axes had ever swung in that black wood, where even the moonlight could not penetrate the ancient tangle of root and thorn and grasping limb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Blue velvet and hammered silver and braided gold tablecloths are rolled out, each one decorated with the House of Greenbriar’s standard, a tree of flowers, thorns, and roots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I reach into the thorns and haul it open. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Long cream-colored banners whip through the air, flying Eldred’s symbol—a tree that is half white flowers and half thorns, roots dangling beneath it and a crown atop. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Blackberry burrowed his way into the moss and ivy round the base of the thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The thorns had torn a sizable rip in her, too. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Marvin Worth was the lone torchbearer, a thorn in Hollywood’s side, holding true to the initial dream for almost twenty-five years, despite the taboo image of my father. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She is wearing an example of her work, a woven dress with embroidered lines of thorns making a striped pattern down the length of it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On one, she embroidered a cross of bright blue yarn and on the other, a golden heart crowned with brown thorns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If you told me a dude John Henry’s size could squeeze through a tunnel of thorns I had to duck through, I’d laugh in your face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The second thorn impaled itself in the stone wall, half an inch from her face. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It had been only a few days, but the women had gathered thorn bushes and circled them around the remains of the cott where Kira had grown up. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Virgin Mary is showing her heart and it would be a pleasant heart if it didn’t have that crown of thorns. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Outside, he stopped to pass hraka and then hopped through the thorn patch to the open grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They all loved him very much, and revered him for taking thorns out of their toes, and came to him with their troubles at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To his parents it’s as if he is deliberately wearing a crown of thorns, giving himself pain. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The naked crooks of his knees were plump, caught and scratched by thorns. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Before Cotton’s thorns had dug in so deep. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then, frowning, he looked down the hillside to the place where the path lay, hidden by rockroses, brambles, and thorns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Beneath the walls of Isengard there still were acres tilled by the slaves of Saruman; but most of the valley had become a wilderness of weeds and thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I shouted as a thorn jabbed me right in the bottom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mess of brambles and thorns because Uncle Drum quit mowing it years ago. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I wish I could go visit them and talk in my own language, the English I knew before I grew thorns on my tongue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not little thorns, either, you get me, but knife-size prickles that looked like they were daring you to test them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z This cuts into Byrd like she’s been ripped by a thorn. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Everything looked the same: the narrow cot, the colorful picture of Jesus’ bleeding head crowned with thorns, a palm frond nailed above it, the simple table and chair. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His arms are cut up and bleeding, pinpricked with thistles and thorns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Rupa climbed up behind him, and he could hear her mutter as her sari caught on the thorns. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Matt no longer bothered about the thorn in his foot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A nearer cry stood him on his feet and immediately he was away again, running fast among thorns and brambles. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In that rosebush, concealed and protected by dense tangles of fiercely sharp thorns, was the entrance to a rat hole. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A military surgeon would have admired the clinical fidelity of the artist’s rendition of all Christ’s wounds—the spear wound, the thorn wounds, the holes that were made by the iron spikes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood on the cacti, her feet unharmed by the prickly pears and thorns. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The cart track crossed by a brick culvert and climbed the opposite slope to a five-barred gate in the thorn hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She examined a rosebush and traced a long nail along the curve of a thorn. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They’re strange, with blond men on horses and crazy baseball bats with thorns. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The vines protected their turf with the meanest, nastiest thorns ever and could even stab through shoes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I push the thorns deeper into his skin, then let a vine hook around his neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Holding Cholly as a model of sin and failure, she bore him like a crown of thorns, and her children like a cross. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she picked up another thorn and used it to poke and prod at the first one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There it was, a big thorn that had broken off right in the middle of her heel. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had long stabbing thorns, some hooked barbs that rent like knives. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The hawthorn bush is easy to tell because it has big red shiny thorns on it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He would eat and have fun and use every smile as a thorn, reminding Luke that he wasn’t the only one who was struggling to understand recent decisions. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then she saw that on one branch, close to the ground, the thorns had been scraped off, and about a half-inch of it—just big enough for a handhold—was worn smooth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It almost looked like the arrows had intercepted the thorns in midair and sliced them in two, but my eyes must’ve been playing tricks on me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He’s wearing a high-collared tunic embroidered with thorns, his fingers heavy with rings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Now tykes were penned there, enclosed by thorn bushes. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent down, removed the thorns carefully, and turned round. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In Marie-Laure’s mind, it shifts and gleams, draws needles and thorns in the air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He steps up to the wall of thorns and brambles. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Almost wholly unexcavated since its discovery, the Calakmul we came to lay swathed in dry, scrubby vegetation that crawled like a swarm of thorns up its two huge pyramids. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And from where my sister was standing, I was no longer the bratty thorn in her side. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But would she want somebody jabbing a thorn into her? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Branches and thorns ripped and tore at his clothes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z At Jesus’s feet, people had thrown piles of change, wilted daisies, and two roses —one fresh with thorns, the other cloth with plastic dewdrops. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Finally he stopped to catch his breath amidst the scrub, thorns, and tumbled rocks at the base of the hill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few trees twisted out of the side of the hill with leaves as hard as thorns. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It stopped, and its tail rose up over its back in little jerks and the curved thorn on the tail’s end glistened. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A garden of Belle-roses reaches up toward a dark sky, their petals large and rich as sunshades, their thorns glistening like arrows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then the uncles dug a hole and buried him in a place where there were thorn trees. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But I swear she can make a decent fishhook out of anything—a thorn, a wishbone, an earring. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, he sits stoically as I clean the cuts, but digging the thorn from his paw brings on a round of those kitten mews. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Some time before ni-Frith, in the heat of the day, Silver paused in a little patch of thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I carefully pressed the thorns off their stems with my forefinger and thumb before laying them on the cradle of her shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I searched his feet and pulled out a long mesquite thorn that had become embedded between his toes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z No cow would dare to wander into these fields and eat the plants, as the thorns at the edge would tear into her skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But the British had to preserve Nigeria as it was, their prized creation, their large market, their thorn in France's eye. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z With the water balanced on her head, and her foot still sore from the thorn, Nya knew that going home would take longer than coming had. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The thorns had torn a large hole in the grain bag. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is intensely shy, nests in bramble and thorn, eats large insects and fairies, flies only in heavy rain and otherwise remains hidden in its tear-shaped nest. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The roses woke first, their buds growing fat in anticipation of warmer days, new thorns sprouting on branches and the glossy leaves unfurling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then like a field of thorns springing up from one root and spreading here and there, there was yet more to trouble Wang Lung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He saw flashes of the Greater Jungle with blood on its leaves, envisioned vines covered in thorns. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They swelled up and got mighty sore; not even a mesquite thorn hurts as bad as a sharp fish fin when it’s run deep into your hand. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled me behind a thorn bush and we collapsed, both breathing heavily. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The thorns and briars were as tough as wire and as clinging as claws. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The goatman pitched the bucket of stew into a tangled patch of thorns and bounded over a fallen log. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She sharpened the knife on a convenient stone and began hacking at the gardenias, scratching herself on the thorns. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fatal results may follow, also, from less toxic herbicides if the plant itself happens to be poisonous or perhaps to possess thorns or burs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And I know the root cellar door is behind the thorns. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Now he came out of a nearby clump of mugwort and flowering thistle and joined Hazel under the thorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The thorns, of course, helped to discourage trespassers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She felt thorns tear at the grain bag. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The thorns impacted against it with such force they dented the metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The light, full and smooth, lay like a gold rind over the turf, the furze and yew bushes, the few wind-stunted thorn trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked at them with two bright black eyes and, opening its mouth, which was pointed like a thorn, sent forth a little trill. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Others were made of crumpling adobe, and these stood among clumps of thorns. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a great field of pumpkins, also protected by a fence of thorns. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z At first they did not see it, but when it began to sing they saw where it was sitting on a branch, beside the thorns. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It was like the story of the mouse pulling a thorn from the paw of the lion. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His bare foot crunched down on a bullhead thorn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was buried three days later beneath the haw- thorn tree behind the house, just as twilight was darkening the sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun dips low, and a summit sinks into it like a thorn. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out the thorn and swabbed Matt’s foot with rubbing alcohol. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stuck the pad of his thumb accidentally on to a thorn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Bigwig, Dandelion and Speedwell were ready, but the others preferred to graze their way back to the thorn trees and go underground with the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The thorn came out smoothly and the wound bled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They eat small animals, insects, certain cactus thorns, and the shells of sunflower seeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z My couch had no thorns in it that night; my solitary room no fears. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He has sixty-four knights in prison, whom he has captured in single combat, and he spends the time beating them with thorns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran the short distance to the thorn trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It all seemed very weedy and rank somehow, and thorns and bracken were invading the beds down near the bottom hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Despite the thorns that caught on her hands and arms, Sefia pushed away the barbed leaves until she could see Nin’s swollen eyes watching her from the back of the horse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I tighten the rose thorns around his throat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One morning one of the boys who looked after the plants saw that a great hole had been torn through the fence of thorns. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The next morning, though, the creature had been there again, making a large hole in the fence of thorns and eating up more plants than before. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Amy’s dainty pen-and-ink work entirely eclipsed May’s painted vases—that was one thorn. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she didn’t like my tone, she would clip the crown of thorns violently, scattering a spray of leaves and red petals in the air. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain in my side was gone, and I did not feel the thorns of the cactus or the needles of yucca that pierced my legs and feet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was chewing acacia thorns, and I could see that his long tongue was almost black. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Half a dozen thorns and two or three elders grew together above and below a bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Time came and went, mountains rising and falling, vines creeping over the slumbering city, concealing it with layers of thorns and leaves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Little prickly firs grow out of every crevice and yellow vines with thorns wrapping themselves around the firs’ trunks and you can see and hear yellow razor lizards hissing at us as we pass. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She always tried not to step on the spiky plants that grew along the path, but their thorns littered the ground everywhere. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A rose is a rose, but she was sprouting thorns, all right. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The thorns caught Dell's exposed, fleshy ankles and drew dots of blood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Matthias saw that all the tiny thorns on the rose stems resembled small swords. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She told herself it would just feel like a thorn to the enormous cow. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Our neighborhood was mostly Jewish then and my mother was always saying, “They killed Christ! They pushed in the crown of thorns!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I ducked a particularly nasty collection of thorns dangling from the ceiling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We keep to the woods as long as we can, clambering over fallen trees and beating our way through thorn bushes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Ifemelu sensed, between them, the presence of spiky thorns floating in the air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They lengthened their supple bodies until they were thin enough to slither between the thorns. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She tracked them through miles of rain forest, over fallen logs and into creeks, past gnarled thickets of thorns and stagnant pools buzzing with mosquitoes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She stepped out of the Wood into the shadow of the haw thorn tree, and looked up the hill at the house where she had grown up. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Viento!” she said, moving her hands across the air like she was weaving an intricate design and manipulating the wind so it interlaced and made...a cage of thorns. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Weeds and thorns and nettles grew in that wasteland, but nothing that could be called a crop. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My crown of thorns was woven of thoughts of my boy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dilemmas have thorns and complications and layers, and there’s always something in there that isn’t going to be fun for someone. Motherlode Blog: Parental Quandaries: The Broken iPod, Resolved 2011-12-09T20:41:44Z Louise, who is 31 and traveling alone, casually unhooks her cheek from a thorn and stands up. Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z But that hasn't prevented Amazon from becoming a thorn in the side of its much larger rival. Underdogs Amazon, Target take aim at iTunes, Walmart 2010-12-13T06:46:00Z When he landed on the cover of Rolling Stone back in 2006, he wore a bloody crown of thorns and a light smirk, cementing his persecution complex to the center of his creative impulse. Review | Kanye West found God. Did he lose himself along the way? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Among these is the Holy Thorn Reliquary, an astonishing confection of gold, precious stones, rock crystal and numerous tiny enameled figures, made around 1400 to house a supposed thorn from Christ’s crown of thorns. A Sleek Home at British Museum for Ferdinand’s Gift 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s at that point, Bettelheim writes in “The Uses of Enchantment,” “the wall of thorns suddenly turns into a wall of big, beautiful flowers, which opens to let the prince enter.” Angelina Jolie Stars in ‘Maleficent,’ From Disney 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z When the all-star team of scientists disembarked to stretch their legs amid this temperate rain forest, they encountered knee-deep mosses and nail-sized thorns, a land as impassable as the Amazon jungle. A D.I.Y. Trip Through Alaska’s Inside Passage 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Though they didn’t say as much, the looks on their faces seemed to register the feeling of a thorn being magically removed from their sides. Here Are All the Politicians Who Dropped By Jon Stewart's Last 'Daily Show' 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “Relationships are a cradle of thorns,” he observes briskly. “Burlap” 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z My father considers the ohu in our family a thorn in our side, constantly in opposition to our decisions. My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z One Saturday I flipped through the paper and suddenly saw a full-page ad for the play with this extraordinary image of Fiona and the crown of thorns around her mouth. ArtsBeat: The Testament of Toibin: A Tony Nod, and a Closing Notice 2013-05-01T19:28:21Z Commercial deal-breakers The other usual thorn in the paw for would-be radio listeners, accentuated in the streaming era, is incessant commercials. 98.9 The Bull vs. 100.7 The Wolf: How do Seattle’s country radio stations stack up? 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “He is not merely a confident storyteller,” our critic Dwight Garner wrote of Adiga, “but also a thinker, a skeptic, a wily entertainer, a thorn in the side of orthodoxy and cant.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The Academy Awards, by definition, require a touch of salt in the caramel, or, if you prefer, a thorn among the roses, and this contretemps did the job. A Shambolic, Kind of Fabulous Oscars Ceremony 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Moxham described its perfected sections as up to 14 feet high, 12 feet wide and planted with such tropical trees and shrubs as carissa, acacia and the common jujube, each with nasty thorns. The odd tale of Britain’s wall — a hedge — across a swath of India 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Later, the rightwing policeman who has been a constant thorn in Ben's side mocks him over the unattainable Irene in an attempt to provoke him into an act of violence. The Secret in Their Eyes 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Note “spatter” rather than the clumsier “splatter,” and the carefully delayed “thorn of the rose.” A Poet Traces Her Personal Obsessions, in Prose 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z I admire the tenacity and the bloody-mindedness that took him from that shoemaker's house in Canterbury to become a thorn in the side of the highest in the land. My hero: Christopher Marlowe 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Artifacts of grueling daily labor on the land are arranged in an evocation of a crown of thorns atop a cross. Minor White snaps into focus again in Getty Museum show 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago, Carlson was a rapscallion — a scrappy thorn in the establishment’s side. Perspective | Why does Tucker Carlson act like he’s the victim? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The performative aspect of his enterprise is hinted at in a huge image of the lower half of his face, rendered in acacia thorns affixed to canvas. Giuseppe Penone's sculptures at Gagosian evoke natural world 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z In the years following his death, my mother tended that garden of thorns she called widowhood with meticulous fury. Modern Love: Affirmation of a Father?s Love, Etched in Vinyl 2010-06-04T16:24:00Z Why is a crown of thorns better than a fur hat? Octogenarian restorer strikes again! 2012-08-24T23:30:00Z The company's aggressive role in the formation and perpetuation of the Comics Code, long a thorn in the side of comics fans, is only given a few perfunctory nods. Comprehensive history of Archie fills in the basics 2011-05-31T19:30:05Z A Javanese shadow puppet, a holy thorn reliquary, a ceremonial ballgame belt from Mexico, a credit card — the museum is catholic enough in its tastes to contain almost anything. New book of '100 Objects' illuminates history 2011-11-17T00:26:06Z Made by Argentina-born Italian artist Silvia Levenson, the pastel-hued objects in “Tea Room: The Better to See You” include Cinderella slippers pierced with nails and a pink teapot and cups made prickly with green thorns. Review | In the galleries: Exploring the many perspectives of terricide 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z He allows the viewer, alternately appalled, touched and fascinated, to be snagged on some of its ethical thorns. | 'Project Nim': Some Humans and the Chimp They Loved and Tormented 2011-07-07T22:30:06Z The frequent lack of one has long been such a thorn in the academy’s side that in 2018 it briefly flirted with tacking on a popular film category. Movies Survived 2020. The Oscars Diversified. There’s More to Do. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z What about that mysterious crone with a crutch whose eyes are “as piercing as thorns”? Review | From the author of ‘Morning Has Broken,’ magical tales perfect for Valentine’s Day 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “To live in this city of thorns is to be trapped mentally, as well as physically.” Review: In ‘City of Thorns,’ Ben Rawlence Tells a Refugee Camp’s Story 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z But then, with our weather, you need more substantial head covering than a crown of thorns. Why are the English obsessed with ghosts? 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z “I want to be a thorn in their side. I want to keep them up at night.” Georgia Anne Muldrow Builds a Musical World of Her Own 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z And a thorn in Trump’s side, who, with his pick for vice president may have helped pave the way for a Trump presidency. Visitors to the Vietnam Wall reflect on McCain’s legacy 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Soil to sand, fertile to barren, fruit to thorns. The Son by Philipp Meyer – review 2013-07-17T08:00:01Z The thorns cause him to bleed; his fine clothes are torn. ‘The Emerald Light in the Air,’ Stories by Donald Antrim 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z However, Cathy's comments continued to be a PR thorn in the company's side. New transgender discrimination lawsuit marks decade of anti-LGBTQ controversies for Chick-fil-A 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z At every turn, their relationship is snagged by both personal and social thorns: it's a brilliant synthesis that illuminates the gaping fissures in the French class system wrought by the first world war and industrialisation. The Misunderstanding by Irène Némirovsky – review 2013-07-12T14:59:00Z Down by the Maleme Reservoir, populated by crocodiles and hippos, we pulled to a stop beside a thorn tree, where the next best thing awaited us. A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Lachenais is seen as simply a troublemaker, a thorn in the community's side who has killed with effective impunity before. Frontier justice was brutal in Los Angeles, and 'Eternity Street' gets to the heart of the matter 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The monks used the term to describe a sweet resin that appears on certain shrubs in the Middle East, such as camel’s thorn and tamarisk. Is this biblical food the next foodie fad? This chef thinks so. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z It's a visceral sight that nods to a nearby wall sculpture, "Truncated Divinity," a spiked mirror that reads like an abstract crown of thorns. Wolvesmouth at MOCA: Craig Thornton puts his art on a plate, and then you eat it 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But in the past the event has been seen as a thorn in the authorities' side and, if there is trouble, some fear it could be the kiss of death. Notting Hill carnival: fraught with risk, but the show goes on 2011-08-19T16:55:04Z I followed Mucky’s lead, listening for her warnings: “Mind the thorns,” “Mind the hole.” Spice and everything nice on Grenada Gender inequality has been a thorn in Kohan’s side since she was a young girl and her novelist mother told her that men were “funnier” and “better at this.” Matthew Weiner Is Wrong. The Gender Wage Gap Is Real, Even In Hollywood 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Renner is convincing, even if the part is standard stuff, and in his few scenes Postlethewaite is quietly terrifying, even just slicing thorns off a rose. Review: Ben Affleck Goes to Town 2010-09-16T22:10:00Z “I was going to do a thorn chain,” he explained, “but I switched it up. I wanted to be more modern.” The Scene Inside the Met Gala 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The empty house, owned by the girls’ aunt, is ramshackle, and not in a charming way: It sags and bulges, “squatting” in a mess of broken roof tiles, old scaffolding, thorn bushes and sheep excrement. ‘Sisters’ Builds a Gothic Plot to an Artful and Shocking Climax 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z One of the show’s most emotionally powerful works is Gossart’s “Christ on the Cold Stone,” an image of the Savior being taunted just after he has been stripped of his garments and crowned with thorns. Art Review: Rediscovering an Earthy Master 2010-10-07T21:50:00Z Every rose has its thorns for the cast and crew of a “Bachelor”-like dating show in the new scripted drama “UnREAL.” TV This Week, May 31-June 6: 'Pretty Little Liars' and more 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The MP mused that David Cameron would be relieved she was going away because she was a "thorn in his side". Nadine Dorries voted off I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here 2012-11-21T23:08:52Z Attempted chart manipulation, overt and subtle alike, does happen, and is a persistent thorn in Billboard’s side. 6ix9ine, the Chaos Agent 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “But isn’t it very dangerous?” she asked in English, her consonants sharp as thorns. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z I’d never encountered a place online where people openly detailed the terror and thrill of crushes, and wrestled with tragedy as they were living through it, thorns and all. Rookie Brought the Inclusive Spirit of Zines to the Internet Era 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It’s a passage where the little prince says, “My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world.” ‘Better Call Saul’: Jonathan Banks Says Goodbye to Mike 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z And the thorn in his side is the presence of this guy, the screw-up that everybody loves. Need a Bad Brother? Better Call Michael McKean 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z In the lulls between action sequences, Robinson has misty watercolor memories of his wife and young son before she left him to marry a wealthy man, another thorn in his side. ‘Black Sea’ Stars Jude Law as a Seething Adventurer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Melon is, I suspect, a particular thorn in the side of the vegetarian flyer. In-flight meals take off as airlines give more thought to food 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z A singer in her own right — Ticotin’s smashing in a Havana nightclub scene, singing the impassioned “Mi Tierra” — the mother becomes an embittered thorn in her daughter’s side. Review | ‘On Your Feet!’ isn’t profound. Just fun. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Before 1989, protest notes and the Western pop culture symbolism of the wall were a thorn in the side for Communist authorities who often covered it in military-style green or grey paint. Prague's landmark Lennon Wall painted over by anonymous culprits 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z The actual flower — because we have thorns, and our thorns carry justice, and our thorns carry consequence. Read Rose McGowan's First Remarks Since Accusing Harvey Weinstein of Rape 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z This is open low scrubland, interspersed by big messy thorn bushes. Returned to the wild: A 3,500-acre estate outside London is ruled by nature 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z You were working through a place of love and seeing, as you say, the roses and the thorns. "Faith is weaponized": Jill Duggar Dillard on how she felt controlled by her family 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z The thorn in Matisse’s side for most of the years encompassed by this show was Picasso’s ferocious “Demoiselles d’Avignon” of 1907 and Cubism, its more refined aftermath. Art Review: Matisse at MoMA: Carving With Color 2010-07-15T16:01:00Z And the monkeys depend, for 80 percent of their diet, on the Seussian-looking whistling thorn acacia trees of the Laikipia plateau. Perspective | Is Dr. Seuss’s Lorax real? These professors may have solved a 47-year-old mystery. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z At his keynote, he advised fans to “lighten up” about such thorns in their sides as the Twitter feed @jazzistheworst. Jazz Connect & Winter Jazzfest – a New York state of mind | Festival review 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Photograph: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, was one of India's greatest leaders and a huge thorn in the side to the expansionist ambitions of the East India Company. Tipu Sultan papers reveal wealth of spoils after India siege 2012-07-09T15:59:17Z That was true even of his Emmy-winning role as Angel Martin, who once served prison time with Rockford and was both his friend and a thorn in his side. Stuart Margolin, Emmy Winner for ‘The Rockford Files,’ Dies at 82 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z While Twombly painted and picked up antiques, Rauschenberg arranged assemblages of street finds — stones, nails, thorns, dead insects — and continued to forage back in New York, living in Lower Manhattan. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Permeated with organic forms—branches, shells, fossils, thorns—the enchanting work of New York City–based artist Michele Oka Doner projects a sense of primeval wonder. Natural Selection 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z He also imported a cross from Syria and created a crown of thorns. Inside Art: ‘Degenerate Art’ Opens at Neue Galerie in the Spring 2013-12-26T18:42:24Z Pious as he was, Louis IX was also decidedly ambitious; politically, he elevated France to the center of medieval Christendom with the purchase of the crown of thorns. Medieval city on the sea is a repository of French history — and unexpected U.S. connections 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Does America want to watch Britt and Kaitlyn enter a Bachelor version of the Thunderdome where the men will decide who is showered with roses and who gets the thorns? Everything We Know About The Bachelorette's Big Twist 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Blood drips from punctures caused by the crown of thorns. Art Review: The Enduring Power of an Icon 2011-03-31T21:48:50Z Fans cheered as Phillipe Blond opened the presentation dressed in gold and wearing a crown of “thorns”. The Blonds find religion at New York Fashion Week 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Highlights in this show, “Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman,” include a tender and refined drawing of Christ crowned with thorns, dating to 1647 and done with an unusual combination of black, red and white chalk. 3 Choice Museums and a Treat for Kids, No Subway Trips in Between 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The guy who played the villain in “Death to Smoochy” became the thorn in the side to the president of the United States. This guy changed the world: We won’t see the likes of Jon Stewart again 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Ten days before the Frankfurt premiere, the Korean tenor Yonghoon Lee unexpectedly joined the cast as Don Carlo, the king’s son and a perpetual thorn in his side, causing something of a flurry. Music: Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z The more severe penitents wore crowns of thorns and flagellated themselves with leather thongs. Three Cities on the Mexican Independence Trail 2010-08-20T17:51:00Z If Ken’s domestic life is rendered in roses with a few thorns still attached, Shelby’s—and this is the key weakness of the film—isn’t rendered at all. The Airbrushed Racing History of “Ford v Ferrari” 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z According to legend, he wore a brass crown of thorns while writing, with a gun on the desk next to the typewriter to deter writer’s block. Taxi Driver: the awkward teen of US cinema 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Urchek, 30 and bearded, wore a hiking hat flourished with a turkey feather and a honey locust thorn, with a canvas bag slung over his right hip. After the deluge, a mushroom hunt in the urban forest 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The “roses and thorns” technique is a good start. Perspective | The simple but critical purpose of family meetings: To listen 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z He, meanwhile, remembers her as a thorn in his side, forever writing letters to the Arts Council “on behalf of something called the Mime Action Group saying that the festival wasn’t doing this or that.” London International Mime Festival: Wordless Physicality That Smashes the Glass Box 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The green theme continued in Paris, where Christian Dior unveiled looks marked by vines, thorns and thistles, while Stella McCartney’s used recycled polyester, organic cotton and sustainable raffia in her fluid and floral creations. Prints great and small dominate colorful spring catwalks 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Jordison often wore a white mask with black paint drippings and a crown of thorns when he performed. Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z “I felt between her paws and found a thorn in there,” Ms. Devine said. The ‘Talking’ Dog of TikTok 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z “The entire campaign is nothing more than another thorn in my side,” she says. Sex workers say incel campaign to report them to IRS won’t work 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The adversary in question is a Pomeranian named Millie, the true object of the woman’s affection and a thorn in the narrator’s side. Presenting his debut collection, Panio Gianopoulos is funny and disarming at Skylight Books 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z He is not merely a confident storyteller but also a thinker, a skeptic, a wily entertainer and a thorn in the side of orthodoxy and cant. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Posters that depict him as a Christ figure, adorned with a bandana that sits like a soft crown of thorns, still hang in bedrooms. Tupac Shakur Immortalized at Karamu in Cleveland 2010-04-10T03:51:00Z They’re often needy, fragile and infirm, perhaps a thorn in the protagonist’s side or maybe just cooking dinner for everyone. Harrison Ford doesn’t belong in a museum: Indiana Jones in his 70s is exactly the hero we need 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Over the last two decades, Ron Suskind has been known as a hard-hitting, Pulitzer Prize-winning political reporter, a thorn in the side of the Bush administration, a chronicler of the Obama White House. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z But ignore the name: just as Thorn Tree is not only about thorn trees, FlyerTalk is not only about flying. Frugal Traveler Blog: Deals, Advice and the Best Raksmorgas in Stockholm 2011-09-13T17:52:37Z Mica is a thorn in her elders' flesh with her ideas about gimmicky new hunting techniques and her conviction that life should offer a richer existence than the struggle for survival that fills her days. Fiction for teenagers – reviews 2013-03-30T15:30:01Z I’m sure there are people who wanted to see Carmela Soprano drown in the pool because she was a thorn in Tony’s side. Need a Bad Brother? Better Call Michael McKean 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z You could call this person the thorn in your side, the sniper who’s got all your big ideas right in their crosshairs. Who is your work Joe Manchin? 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Bare-chested in a crown of thorns, he hangs out unseen in the kitchen, affably clutching a mug of coffee in hands with puncture wounds. Review: In Sara Fellini’s ‘In Vestments,’ Haunted by More Than Ghosts 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The South, Pollard wrote, “must wear the crown of thorns before she can assume that of victory.” The South’s Fight for White Supremacy 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Some have: Nigeria's military government ran a police state in the 1970s, and Fela Kuti was a thorn in its side. Readers recommend: Songs about the police - the results 2011-03-24T16:42:45Z The lack of a woman on the list, Ms. Schwartz said, “has been a thorn in my side over the decades.” Hearing Genuine Voices of Midcentury Fiction 2014-01-19T22:40:18Z Like the pig, I too, wanted to reach through the thorns for the egg or ball, believing it was a symbol of things to come. 2016: Our Year in Poems 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s a problem that is an ongoing thorn in the side for the other Lodge-dwellers. Twin Peaks recap: episode eight – the most mind-melting, majestic outing yet 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Roses and thorns is where you ask your children what worked about their day and what didn’t. Perspective | The simple but critical purpose of family meetings: To listen 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z I was surprised that Ian Anderson didn't mention the gig where he was hospitalised after a fan threw a rose on stage, whereupon one of the thorns got stuck in his eyeball. Readers' reviews: Bad gigs and Super 8 2011-08-11T22:45:02Z The $10 million restoration was finished in time to mark the 800th birthday of King Louis IX, who commissioned Sainte-Chapelle to store his religious relics, including what was believed to be Christ’s crown of thorns. Stained-Glass Windows Restored at Sainte-Chapelle in Paris 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z There are roses on one of the shoes in the collection, and the heels are shaped like thorns. Pa. shoe designer hopes to make a difference 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Child size, dwarfed by darkness, he’s a little mound of raw matter with rodent teeth, startled eyes and flowers — or maybe thorns — laced through his stringy hair. Art Review: A Mind Where Picasso Meets Looney Tunes 2011-01-27T22:41:49Z Although Christ is crowned with barbed wire rather than thorns, he is casually wearing a white tank top, and holding a cup in one hand; his other is held in a sign of blessing. Searching for a Jesus Who Looks More Like Me 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z At St. Mark's, the exhibit uses the entire cathedral space, beginning just inside the front doors, where visitors are greeted by a free-standing installation symbolizing Christ's crown of thorns. 'Icons in Transformation' exhibition fills St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle 2011-08-11T21:08:05Z For a long while, it appeared that the film museum would be a third Southern California thorn in his side. Can 11th-hour updates save Renzo Piano's design for troubled Academy Museum? 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z So – as I told my Hay audience – the story I tell is a deliberate thorn in the flesh of such sceptical modern histories. Trying to revive the Renaissance 2010-06-03T14:01:00Z However, some fans are still worried about the thorn in her side known as Littlefinger. This Tiny Game of Thrones Detail May Herald Littlefinger's Demise 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z I need to grub it out at the roots, but the gooseberry is full of thorns, and that’s a job for winter, when I can get a clearer view. How America’s frenzy for Japanese plants brought beauties — and a mega-weed 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z That candor and fearlessness was part of what made Navalny a thorn in the side of Putin’s Kremlin, and as such, he was the target of a likely assassination attempt by poisoning in 2020. ‘Stars at Noon,’ ‘Vortex’ and More of This Year’s Streaming Gems 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z And she remains steadfastly faithful and hopeful, a proud mother of three who tries to see with clarity both "the roses and the thorns." "Faith is weaponized": Jill Duggar Dillard on how she felt controlled by her family 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Both roads are paved with roses and thorns. With monkeypox and polio to worry about now, who can stress about small stuff? 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The first patient treated with penicillin was a British policeman who developed a severe infection in 1941 after being scratched by a thorn. Ever wondered about antibiotics? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Soon they were passing through a hilly rocky land, and on both shores there were steep slopes buried in deep brakes of thorn and sloe, tangled with brambles and creepers. Tolkien Day: how well do you know the lands of Lord of the Rings? 2013-03-25T14:53:46Z Let’s see whether the roses had any thorns this week: Best Investment: Croatia’s tourism board got a lot of bang for their …er let me Ask Jeeves what currency they use. The Bachelorette Watch: How Do You Say Love in Croatian? 2012-06-19T12:30:17Z He is not merely a confident storyteller but also a thinker, a skeptic, a wily entertainer, a thorn in the side of orthodoxy and cant. Review: ‘Selection Day’ Presents India as Seen Through the Wickets 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z I was outside with the thorns and the wild forest. Let us all praise loneliness 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z In the Imereti region of Georgia, its crisp young shoots are gathered in spring, before their thorns sharpen, when they’re as skinny and fragile as first asparagus, and pickled to last. Georgian Rarities, Served Without Fanfare, at Chama Mama 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z And when Golaud, bleeding from his forehead, claims he scratched himself on a thorn, it felt like a newly profound nod to Jesus’s crown of thorns. Review: An Operatic Locavore Consumes the English Countryside 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Wearing brown robes and a permanent crown of thorns, Black Jesus walks the streets of Los Angeles with his Compton posse, a small, mostly useless band of apostles. Slink Johnson Is ‘Black Jesus’ on Adult Swim 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z It imagines “an equal and opposite reaction to the Holocaust” and culminates in a rainbow-costumed dance procession that includes Jesus in a hot-pink crown of thorns. Review: ‘Transparent’ and Its Unsettling Technicolor Dream Theater 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z If you would like a woman to be faithful, we are told, sprinkle her with “a mixture of powered milkweed thorns, hogweed,” monkey feces and “root of glory lily.” Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated 2012-01-31T17:03:33Z If your thought is a thorn, you are fuel for the fire. Rumi: America’s favorite poet, from Persia, with love 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z “From a distance he seemed to be wearing a crown of thorns.” Three Blockbuster Novels From the 1950s, and Their Remarkable Afterlife 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z A scholar, author and passionate advocate of the Palestinian cause, Mr. Finkelstein, 56, is a thorn in the side of the Israel lobby. 2010-02-11T18:40:00Z “I feel like the little mouse who takes the thorns out of their feet.” Acupuncturist Treats 40 N.F.L. Players in 4 Cities 2010-11-30T19:29:00Z It was slippery, filled with thorns, and steep. Your phone can't save you now: On Buddhism, technology and the alleged supremacy of the mind 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z This article, while clearly not in favor of such a thing, does a good job of displaying the thorns. 21 and bi: Should I marry? 2013-04-12T00:00:00Z Yet, there are evenings when my mind just can’t get past the “How was your day?” or “What were your roses and thorns?” questions. How to have great dinner conversations with your kids But when Madonna performed onstage, chained to a metal cross and wearing a crown of thorns, it didn't have anything like the impact. Chris Brown: not the first pop star with a God complex 2013-01-29T16:15:06Z Her satin ribbon liftsand shreds itself on thorns,itself on thorns. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z Did I mention he employed pastiglia, building up images with low-relief plaster that he painted and gilded, heightening the presence of jeweled crowns and pendants, chain-mail armor, ornate weapons and crowns of thorns? Carlo Crivelli, an Overlooked Renaissance Master, in Boston 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Some lizards look like leaves and some like tree trunks and some like thorns and some like beetles. Things That Are by Amy Leach – review 2013-06-07T08:00:15Z Before arranging the flowers, make sure to remove any extra or wilted leaves, and in the case of flowers like roses, the thorns. How to turn $10 Trader Joe’s flowers into a fancy-schmancy bouquet 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z I imagined loneliness like the locked tower in which Rapunzel was imprisoned, the room where Sleeping Beauty slumbered surrounded by a forest of thorns. Let us all praise loneliness 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z In “Roses Only,” Moore writes, “You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather than / an asset,” and then adds, “Your thorns are the best part of you.” The Marianne Moore Revival 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “It was like entering the gates of hell with no roses to lead the way but, instead, thorns.” Inmates’ Videos Shine a Light on Life in Prison 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The Affordable Care Act has been a thorn in the side of Republicans since it was signed into law in 2010. What are they thinking? Talking to Trump voters without judgment (and while black) 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Herb robert smells musky when crushed, but the juice is a powerful styptic, stopping a cut or a thorn wound in seconds. How to grow your own medicine cabinet | Alys Fowler 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Symbolic sculptures built on the site, such as a forbidding thicket of thorns. "Into Eternity": The quest to make us forget nuclear waste 2011-02-04T19:45:00Z They included barberry and angelica, a menacing-looking tall, skinny stalk covered in thorns. South Mountain Reservation in Essex County, N.J. 2012-07-12T21:26:53Z It can get much larger than desired, and left unpruned, it devolves into a thicket of twigs and angry thorns. Forced branches can bring a bit of early spring indoors 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z More time among the briars and thorns and oozing swamps. Not the Booker prize 2012: the shortlist 2012-08-13T09:28:03Z To go nose to nose with Disney in the negotiations, the Screen Cartoonists Guild chose Herbert Sorrell of the Motion Picture Painters, Local 644, a longtime thorn in the side of studio management. Disney hasn’t found itself in this much trouble since 1941 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Unlike “Rachel Getting Married,” Mr. Demme’s earlier tale of a wayward relative returning to the family fold, “Ricki and the Flash” tiptoes around like a barefoot child afraid to step on a thorn. Review: ‘Ricki and the Flash’ Puts Meryl Streep Behind a Telecaster 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It's inspiration for further ambling: how about a diamond tiara modeled after the crown of thorns? The Costume Institute Takes On Catholicism 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Politicians, civic leaders and journalists who were thorns in Mr. Koch’s side offer measured, even affectionate assessments of his administration, though some hard feelings persist, especially on matters of race. Movie Review: ‘Koch,’ Neil Barsky’s Documentary on the Former Mayor 2013-01-31T16:55:40Z The cutting was "a cart's width across" at its base, it was choked with "dead wood" and jungled by shoulder-high nettles, and its entrances were barred by "sentinel thorns". Robert Macfarlane: rereading Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male 2013-03-15T12:03:22Z Indeed, one of the series' most humane, heartbreaking moment shows a Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue Unit medic treating a man, tearful and dehydrated, his lips spiked with cactus thorns. "Where are the good Americans?": "Immigration Nation" brings systemic exploitation to our TVs 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Warning the children to avoid the thorns, we gathered handfuls of sweetly tangy berries and ate them gleefully. Maryland’s family-friendly Cunningham Falls State Park is perfect for first-time campers 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z “In the overall scheme of his life,” Phil said, “we’re either a thorn in his side or a finger tickling his ribs.” Phil Hartman’s greatest sketch ever: Secrets of “SNL’s” perfect Clinton parody 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It flies down and settles on a thorn bush. Time Out: The Beauty of J. A. Baker’s “The Peregrine” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z His work is a fascinating, frustrating thorn in the side of the modernist ideal of wholeness. When He Was Good, He Was Breathtaking 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z You cannot gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, and there is no royal road to any kind of success or happiness. Review: ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People,’ by Dale Carnegie 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z An hour into my tour, a thorn tree branch caught in my spokes and punctured my tire. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z Only Great Britain, with its mighty navy, remained a thorn in his side. French leader Napoleon Bonaparte has a complicated legacy 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z But the Protestant hymnal was the solid metrical trellis on which Dickinson wreathed blossoms and thorns of musical invention. Review: ‘A Quiet Passion’ Poetically Captures Emily Dickinson 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But thorns like that only get in the way of the mantras of the age. Cloclo sends its cultural superhero on the same old personal journey 2012-06-20T13:11:52Z It’s very tense, and she kind of sets herself up as a Christ figure, with the crown of thorns being the electroshock thing. Brontez Purnell Brings His Disparate Parts Back to the Dance Stage 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z But rather than the delicate roses Dior was known for in the 1940s in 1950s, dresses and suits were adorned with creeping vines, thistles and thorns. Dior's transient garden sets the mood for Paris Fashion Week 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He’s one of about a dozen reporters at the Global News Agency, a thorn in the side of the Communist Party that appeals primarily to Chinese people living abroad. ‘The Boat Rocker’: Ha Jin’s timely novel about freedom of the press 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The great thorn in the king's side is an elaborately colored mockingbird with a massive wingspan. 'The King and the Mockingbird' is a very French, playful tale 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z He seems to be a less-than-capable adversary, but he’s another thorn in the side. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: You got me hypnotized 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z A tall black cone resting on a wide black circle in the entry room forms a Minimalist witch’s hat, while a nearby stained-glass rose portends a hidden thorn. Alex Da Corte set Pop aflame at Art + Practice 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z She serves as a thorn in the side of government officials who would rather wish this public-health crisis away. ‘Ximei’ Review: An AIDS Activist Fights Medical Injustice in China 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Listening to one lyric — “And every time I’ve held a rose, it seems I only felt the thorns” — he said to himself, “That’s sad.” For Alan Cumming, Life Isn’t Always a Cabaret 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z The path leads past Swiss-cheese plants, so called for the distinctive holes in the lobes of their enormous leaves; showy bougainvillea; calla lilies; and the bright yellow flowers of the Jerusalem thorn tree. In ‘Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life,’ Nature Melds With the Artist Herself 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It was he who, after the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, is said to have found the slain Richard III’s crown dangling in a thorn bush. Favorite Place: Wintry Wanderings Among Chelsea’s Ghosts 2013-12-26T22:18:07Z Around them, men and women form a tableau with strong religious overtones, like a crown of thorns or an angelic gathering. Why Is Bronislava Nijinska Still Waiting in the Wings? 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z But as a rule, seems I’m the thorn in his life. Carolyn Hax: Friction persists between mom and son. Maybe he needs space. 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The cross will be occupied at unscheduled intervals during museum hours by a man who will change into a loincloth and crown of thorns behind the screen and climb the ladder to his perch. Art Review | 'Skin Fruit': Anti-Mainstream Museum?s Mainstream Show 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z At every turn, Villanueva was a thorn in the side of priests and preachers, who were initially impressed then increasingly irritated by his relentless questioning. One Man and His Followers Sought Salvation. Did It Exist? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Small, orange flames crackled inside the exhaust fan like brittle thorns. The Storybook Marriage of Alice and Martin Provensen 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z “The man told me it was back luck, and the word got stuck in my chest like a thorn,” she said. Novelist Yu Miri: Olympics not helping Fukushima rebuilding 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z One narrow defile had to be cleared of hundreds of corpses still "impaled on a barrier of thorn bushes" built by the Afghan tribesmen to block the route of retreating troops the previous winter. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple – review 2013-01-26T14:00:01Z A new exhibition at the British Museum is displaying religious relics including fragments of the Cross and three thorns thought to be from Jesus Christs's Crown of Thorns. VIDEO: Fragments of the Cross on display 2011-06-22T12:09:48Z She asked every woman present to recount “a rose and a thorn”—some joy, some remonstrance—about their transition from girlhood into womanhood. Live-Streaming the Newly Serious Katy Perry 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The secret, underdeveloped heart of my psychosomatic being – still fraught with danger, still hedged around in thorns – had been torn out and thrown quivering before me, in full public view. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s the poet’s embrace of individuality that makes him a necessary counterpoint — an important thorn — to the state. 25 Great Books by Refugees in America 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The hat, which included a hidden cellphone pocket, was also sewn with a crown of thorns inside, an allusion to the president’s assassination on Good Friday. On Famous Heads, High Season for Hats (and Hatmakers) 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Split infinitives in particular, he snaps, are “a thorn in my side.” Review | Good grammar is essential to the D.C. judicial history lesson that is ‘Trying’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Roses, both blooms and thorns, are displayed in doll-houses inspired by the brand’s “home” on Avenue Montaigne. Rocks of Ages: Blings of the Past 2010-12-13T14:00:00Z They said the actions of Suella Braverman - who had increasingly become a thorn in Downing Street's side with public statements that distracted from the government's planned agenda - were the "catalyst" for the move. How David Cameron made his shock comeback to frontline politics 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Mrs Braverman's comments have often proved a thorn in Mr Sunak's side, with the prime minister repeatedly distancing himself from her language on immigration and homeless people. Who is Suella Braverman? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Mrs Braverman has also never hidden her ambitions to one day be the party leader and sacked ministers have been known to be a thorn in the side of their former bosses. More powers for policing protests considered by government 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z "Gaza is unbreakable and will remain a thorn in the throat of the Americans and the Zionists," Hamad said. Israel targets Hamas tunnels after encircling Gaza City 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Johnson’s biggest play was a 53-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, but he was a thorn in USC’s night all game long. Analysis: Instant impressions from UW’s 52-42 win over USC 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z The former vice president of the union representing line prosecutors, Siddall has been an effective thorn in Gascón’s side in recent years. D.A. George Gascón faces 9 challengers in one of the largest primary fields in L.A. history 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Few, if any, could have scripted the dramatic turnaround for someone who has been a thorn in the side of the powerful military for so much of his long career. Nawaz Sharif: The Pakistan army’s one-time arch-rival returns 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z That style was on full display at the beginning of the year when she became a major thorn in the side of Kevin McCarthy’s efforts to become House speaker. Lauren Boebert, far behind leading challenger in fundraising, feels squeeze from both sides in 2024 election 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z "We found juvenile crown of thorns starfish can tolerate almost three times the heat intensity that causes coral bleaching, using a model that measures temperature over time," Professor Byrne said. Reef-devouring predator survives coral bleaching and feasts on the survivors 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Joanna Cherry KC, the SNP MP for Edinburgh South West, and a thorn in the side of Ms Sturgeon during her tenure as leader, said her party needed to take heed. Can the SNP's independence plan change the union's future? 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z The former chief executive of Marvel Entertainment has long been a thorn in the side of Disney CEO Bob Iger. Disney activist investor Nelson Peltz revives proxy fight after stock slump 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Customs and Border Protection, the grant will support genetic research and restoration of thorn scrub forests—prime ocelot habitat—as well as investigate potential impacts of the border wall on animal movements. Ocelots once roamed the U.S. Can we bring them back? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Republican Representative Gaetz, a firebrand from Florida and perpetual thorn in McCarthy's side, has repeatedly threatened to file a motion to vacate. How Matt Gaetz and hardline Republicans could oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z And to them I say, “Look at your life, you have roses and thorns in your life.” Jill Duggar's family built a wholesome reality TV empire. Now her book talks about its damage 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Gaetz has been a thorn in Mr. McCarthy’s side since he first attempted to keep the speakership away from the California Republican when the GOP took control of the House in January. Rep. Matt Gaetz not ready to say who would replace an ousted Speaker McCarthy 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, a hardline conservative from Florida and perpetual thorn in McCarthy's side, has repeatedly threatened to file a motion to vacate. How could hardline US House Republicans strip Kevin McCarthy of his speakership? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Defenders of Wildlife, a conservation nonprofit, also works to protect and preserve ocelots and their native thorn forests in the Rio Grande Valley, says Sharon Wilcox, the group’s senior Texas representative. Ocelots once roamed the U.S. Can we bring them back? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The latest setback came Tuesday night when five members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus — who have been thorns in Mr. McCarthy’s side — scuttled a procedural vote for the annual defense spending bill. McCarthy says he’ll ‘never quit’ as Congress stumbles toward a partial government shutdown 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z In his heyday, "Red Ken" was a thorn in the side both of Margaret Thatcher's Tories and New Labour under Tony Blair. Ken Livingstone: Former London mayor has Alzheimer's, family say 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden on Friday insisted his administration has been a thorn in Tehran’s side and an ally to the Iranian people. Biden marks the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in Iranian custody by talking tough on Tehran 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Grassley, the Republican co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, has been a thorn in the side of the U.S. US officials ignored Mexican corruption for decades during drug war, Grassley says 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The cats provide key ecological benefits by keeping rodent populations in check, which prevents the smaller mammals from spreading out of control and wreaking havoc on native thorn forests. Ocelots once roamed the U.S. Can we bring them back? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Texas ocelots favor a particularly prickly type of habitat called thorn scrub: dense brush composed of spiky plants. A Bold Attempt to Save Wild Ocelots from Extinction 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Sprawling plumerias, a prickly pear cactus and a gorgeous crown of thorns stood next to a wrought iron fence. Column: Cindy Montañez, environmental and political pioneer, reflects as her time runs out 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Nor did he mention Disney, which has become such a thorn in his side that the man whose campaign bus proclaims “Never Back Down” has gone wobbly. Column: Ron DeSantis, the abysmal front-runner among GOP candidates not named Trump 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Pills by mail are a thorn to abortion opponents that spent decades trying to ban abortions nationwide and found victory with the Supreme Court’s decision last year. Texans still getting abortion pills by mail with out-of-state help 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The issue has long been a thorn in the side of Tesla fans and regulators. Tesla under investigation in California for autopilot safety, misleading marketing 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Useless to people, most thorn scrub has been removed as agriculture, urbanization and the border wall consume much of southern Texas’s landscape. A Bold Attempt to Save Wild Ocelots from Extinction 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z They burst onto the stage with two of their hardest-hitting anthems, Pink Venom and How You Like That, bathed in pink lights against a video wall covered in sharp, black thorns. Blackpink make UK festival history with electrifying K-pop set in Hyde Park 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Described as a place of "indefinite despair" and "sustained abuse" by visitors from Médecins Sans Frontières and Human Rights Watch, the Nauru centre is a thorn in the side of Australia's human rights record. Nauru: Why Australia is funding an empty detention centre 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Biden’s handling of the economy has been a persistent thorn in his side since inflation hit a 40-year high last summer. Biden leans into 'Bidenomics' to boost his economic message ahead of 2024 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z One direct result of Lukashenko's intervention, is clear, however: Prigozhin, who triggered the mutiny and has been a constant thorn in the Russian defence ministry's side for months, is now living in exile in Belarus. Analysis: Belarus leader, long the supplicant, feted in Russia after mutiny role 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Senator Joe Manchin III, a centrist who is often the legislative thorn in his party’s side, strode by with a smile on the arm of his wife. Biden’s State Dinner Ignores the Discord Just Beyond the Gates 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “The thorn in my side is finally out,” she wrote in the concluding post. Azealia Banks dragged online for implying Jacky Oh’s death was D.C. Young Fly's karma 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z “I was a thorn in their side for the whole thing,” Marsden says. Did James Marsden ever stop worrying about 'Jury Duty'? 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Its tail resembles a shark’s, but its thick body merges into a flat, ray-like head studded with pointy, bony growths, or “thorns.” The shark ray is vanishing from our oceans—and being made into jewelry 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It did not immediately identify who had sent the drone from Lebanon and released a photo of a UAV lying in a thicket of thorns. Israel shoots down drone from Lebanon, military says 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Bales’ nearly 20-year run as the face of direct services to Skid Row’s destitute, an advocate for faith-based services and thorn in the side of big-government homelessness policy is coming to an end. The Rev. Andy Bales to exit Union Rescue Mission after 20 years serving the destitute and needling the powerful 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The Roman territory of Palestine was a thorn in Rome’s side thanks to the unshakable opposition of the Jews. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In turn, plants developed strategies to deter predation: from spines and thorns to toxic chemicals. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Its thorns are sliced off and made into ornate rings and bracelets. The shark ray is vanishing from our oceans—and being made into jewelry 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The capitalist part of the old German capital was a thorn in Khrushchev’s side. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In turn, plants evolved strategies to deter predation: from spines and thorns to toxic chemicals. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Slaton, a frequent thorn in the side of Republican House leaders who he criticized as too moderate, did not have many allies in the chamber. Republican Bryan Slaton’s Texas House downfall could complicate GOP fight against “groomers” 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Photo B shows a green fuzzy stem with several short green thorns protruding from it. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While the nation has seen job growth under his presidency, rising costs have been a constant thorn and there are worries that Federal Reserve actions to cool inflation will tip the economy into a recession. Biden faces significant hurdles as he launches 2024 bid, survey shows 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China, Facebook could, perhaps, position itself as a viable, domestic-bred alternative. Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old. 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most jarring picture in “Affinities” is a close-up of a round object fringed with thorns or tufts. Review | ‘Affinities’ opens our eyes to the ‘mundane miracle of looking’ 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z “So,” he added, “I became a thorn in their plans. But I was willing to stay or leave, whatever God wanted.” Charles Stanley, Atlanta Pastor Who Preached to the World, Dies at 90 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Known for pushing Trump’s “America First” vision, the Freedom Caucus has historically been a thorn in leadership’s side. Meet ‘the five families’ that wield power in McCarthy’s House majority “We are highly misunderstood because of stories of people wearing crowns of thorns and flogging themselves,” Martinez said. They come to this New Mexico shrine in search of miracles — and some 'holy dirt' 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z He is known as one of the farthest-right members of the Texas House and a thorn in the side of his party's leadership. Far-right Texas lawmaker hit with complaint alleging “inappropriate relationship” with an intern 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Happy, driven and a monumental thorn in Rangers' side. 'Beale's brutal task - find way to topple merciless Celtic' 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z As agriculture commissioner the past four years, she was the only statewide elected Democrat and used her Cabinet position to be a thorn in DeSantis’s side. In DeSantis’ shadow, Florida Democrats fight to be relevant 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Atropine and scopolamine, powerful hallucinogens, can be found in plants in the nightshade family, among them mandrake, henbane and thorn apple. Tripping in the Bronze Age 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z A committed pacifist, Mr Corbyn was a thorn in the side of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, repeatedly rebelling against his government, most notably over the Iraq War. Jeremy Corbyn: The left-wing veteran outcast by his party 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Saddam Hussein had been a thorn in America's side ever since he sent his army into Kuwait in 1990. Two decades on, how the UK/US-led invasion turbo-charged Iraq into chaos 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Navalny has long been a thorn in the side of President Vladimir Putin, who takes care to avoid mentioning his name in public. Kremlin says Navalny documentary Oscar shows Hollywood 'politicisation' 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The lawsuit is the latest episode in an ongoing clash over housing between the state and the Orange County beach community, which has been a thorn in Newsom’s side since he took office. California sues Huntington Beach over ban on housing projects 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z And he could try to use a new perch to continue being a thorn in the liberal-leaning council’s side. Analysis | Tennessee senator gloms onto D.C. crime to force a vote 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Although his outfit did not break through with the electorate, it was at times a thorn in the side of his successor. What is Nicola Sturgeon's political legacy? 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Grace Sesma works methodically to set up her home office, lighting candles and cutting thorns from seven stemmed red roses for the day’s first session as her client chatters nearby. Some Latinos don't trust Western mental health. That’s where curanderos come in 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The word antiu, for example, appears thousands of times in Egyptian sources, and for more than a century Egyptologists have thought it referred to myrrh, the resin of a particular thorn tree. Secrets to making mummies revealed in ancient urns 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z He vowed to be a thorn in the side of the administration until Congress can perform its oversight role. Biden officials block Senate intelligence committee from mishandled classified documents 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Bone or thorn jewelry adorned minimalist looks like one slope-shouldered column ensemble. Elie Saab’s spring couture in Paris dreams of Thai escape 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z For some of Lebanon's top officials, he is a thorn in the side whose unrelenting efforts to prosecute them over the explosion threaten a system designed to shield the ruling elite from scrutiny. Lebanon's Bitar wages uphill struggle for justice over port blast 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Against Cardiff, he was again the sharpest thorn in his opponent's paw, running at defenders, holding them off, darting into one space, arriving in another. ‘A tank at top speed’ – how Gnonto has lifted Leeds 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Early in his presidency Trump worried that the Freedom Caucus would be a thorn in his side. Column: GOP's deficit reduction is a cynical performative gesture 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z He promises that he is a thorn in the side of officials and gives Newsom “earfuls” on behalf of people across the state, but that’s not enough. On a poverty tour of California, an advisor to the governor chronicles agony, anger and hope 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Disappearances and killings were not uncommon for those considered a thorn in the side of Mr Jammeh's regime. The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The case has long been a thorn in the side of the Republican former president, who calls it part of a witch hunt by Democrats who dislike him and his politics. Donald Trump's company to be sentenced for 15-year tax fraud 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Jordan has a long history of being a thorn in leadership’s side. Opinion | In today’s rowdy GOP, could Jim Jordan be the adult in the room? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s a thorn in the side of any prospective bidder — particularly Ted Leonsis and his group. LOVERRO: Cash-starved, payroll-shedding Nationals primed for miserable season 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z |
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