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a few nettlesome details that still required attention
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When the Titanic sunk, Captain Edward John Smith could have blamed the disaster on climate putting that nettlesome ice berg in the ship’s path.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2025
Back had gone on to serve as a kind of surrogate father figure for the bright and nettlesome young man.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Sessions and Mfume are only the latest legislators who have tried to solve this nettlesome problem over the past couple of decades.
—Kevin R. Kosar, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
In addition, the nettlesome increase in auto insurance is likely to continue, rising 0.5% in November after posting a 14% increase over the past year, Goldman estimated.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2025
Back had gone on to serve as a kind of surrogate father figure for the bright and nettlesome young man.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Sessions and Mfume are only the latest legislators who have tried to solve this nettlesome problem over the past couple of decades.
—Kevin R. Kosar, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
In addition, the nettlesome increase in auto insurance is likely to continue, rising 0.5% in November after posting a 14% increase over the past year, Goldman estimated.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for nettlesome
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“Nettlesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nettlesome. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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