crucifixion thorn

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one of several leafless, very thorny shrubs or small trees of the southwestern desert areas of North America.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also called corona de Jesus .

Thorn also posted a video on his personal YouTube page wherein he desk-dances to Taylor Swift.
Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Kids (Again), Taylor Swift’s 1989 Aerobics, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the system that Battle represents is a constant thorn in their side.
Meet the Beer Bottle Dictator|Tim Mak|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You may think crucifixion has gone out of penological style.
Barbarism Watch: Saudi Arabia Still Uses Crucifixion|David Frum|March 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That freedom has been a thorn in the side of many cardinals who feel the sisters should be more conservative.
American Nuns Hope For Sister-Friendly New Pope|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A tabletop bronze of a boy pulling a thorn from his foot, made around 1500 by the Renaissance sculptor known as Antico.
A Roman Boy-Toy Gets a Dye Job|Blake Gopnik|January 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Too near for reflection; too far for intervention: on tenter hooks, in fact; a sort of mental crucifixion.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Taylor alludes to several made from the well known Glastonbury thorn.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
I feel as if he were a little child crying with a thorn in his finger, and he had no mother to take it out.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
He lay motionless in her lap, until the thorn suddenly let go and lay in Jess' hand.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
Then she held the soft paw firmly with her left hand, and pulled steadily on the thorn with her right hand.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner