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a thorn in the/someone's flesh/side

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• Gallaher has been a thorn in the side of the village for years.
  — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2023
• Sturges has been a thorn in the side of Crosby and Judd during recent public meetings.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• The rule has been a thorn in the side of defendants -- including record labels and major artists -- for decades.
  — Jem Aswad, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• The world’s most admirable NGOs are a thorn in the side of authoritarians.
  — Benny Avni, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2021
• As a musician, he’s always been a thorn in the side of mainstream country music.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023
• Surging abuse of the drug has become a thorn in the side of the Saudi government, which has taken steps to curb smuggling efforts.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• Alinejad is a journalist and dissident with a large online following who has long been a thorn in the side of the regime.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
• Guerrero’s absence from the game was deeply felt, like a thorn in the side of an otherwise glorious victory.
  — Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
• Presiding over it all will be Justice Engoron, a charismatic and eccentric judge who has been a thorn in the side of Mr. Trump and his lawyers for more than a year.
  — William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• Sinema has already been a key holdout on parts of the president's domestic agenda -- a thorn in the side of progressives.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Inflation has been a thorn in the side of the Fed for more than two years now, but Hatzius believes the central bank may have defeated its greatest enemy.
  — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
• The concept of meme stocks has been a thorn in the side of short sellers — traders who bet that stocks will fall by borrowing shares and selling them high with the belief that they can be repurchased later at a lower cost.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• Netflix — which has never been willing to give their films a traditional theatrical release — has long been a thorn in the side of theater owners.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2022
• Johnson did lose 93 Republican votes, and the approach landed him in hot water with conservatives and deficit hawks who have been a thorn in the side of GOP leaders for nearly a decade.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• As global companies ramp up efforts to bring their staff back to the office, experts have warned there is a growing wave of resentment that could prove a thorn in the side of company cultures for years to come.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
• From its launch in 2021, Hindutva Watch has been a thorn in the side of Hindu nationalists who have been provoking anti-Muslim sentiment for years.
  — Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• While the queen’s steady consistency was largely considered a boon for the monarchy, her children and grandchildren’s lives have occasionally been a thorn in the side of monarchists.
  — Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
• The Fed may be looking to pause or even reverse interest rate hikes in the next few months, given inflation is falling and the jobs market, which has been a thorn in the side of battling high inflation, is finally weakening.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Inside, angry protesters ransacked spaces where justices discuss cases and decisions, a deeply symbolic target as the court was seen as a thorn in the side of Mr. Bolsonaro.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2023
• The California Theatre building has been a thorn in the side of downtown developers for years and recently an armed security team went in to clear the site of its homeless population.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• In an elegant argument, laid out over six pages, Huang unequivocally proved the sensitivity conjecture, a thorn in the side of computer scientists for decades.
  — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2019
• Congressional tech hearings are typically antagonistic, especially those involving social media, ever a thorn in the side of federal lawmakers.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 16 May 2023

Last Updated: 13 Aug 2024