thorns

plural of thorn

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Recent Examples of thorns One was treated for minor injuries, likely from rose-bush thorns, Christensen said. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 Both the northern and southern branches of the reef have been battered lately by tropical storms and the encroachment of invasive coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, but heat stress driven by warming oceans is the primary cause, scientists told the BBC. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thorns
Noun
  • There have been several Republican senatorial candidates who have caused major headaches for the party.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • PaaS let developers skip infrastructure headaches.
    Vincentas Grinius, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Don't hide from the layers of emotions and frustrations.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • West Ham United fans are no strangers to voicing their frustrations at the club’s board.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But according to Aaron Shmulewitz, a real-estate lawyer, the process for dealing with a repeat window flasher in your co-op isn’t all that different from other nuisances like someone across the hall blasting metal music at midnight.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The test identifies over 120 allergens, including food intolerances, environmental triggers, and household irritants.
    Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This filtration system ensures that your floors are getting their most thorough clean, while also ridding your space of irritants like dust that can cause allergy flare-ups.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Thorns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thorns. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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