• With Deacon off, Hull's former Wakefield half-back Sam Obst was a constant thorn in Wigan's side with his elusive running and his break set up the position for second rower Westerman to force his way over for an equalising try.

    BBC: Wigan Warriors 14-12 Hull FC

  • Andy Thorn's side move off the bottom of the table on goal difference at the expense of Doncaster.

    BBC: Sport - Coventry 2-0 Brighton

  • Steele, only signed on an emergency loan from West Brom on Thursday because Barnsley's other keepers were injured or ineligible, was fast becoming a thorn in Liverpool's side.

    BBC: Liverpool 1-2 Barnsley

  • Allegra has become such a thorn in Apple's side that its stores now block JailbreakMe.com on in-store Wi-Fi networks.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • They include Shara Nelson, on anthemic 1991 hit Unfinished Sympathy, and Everything But the Girl singer Tracey Thorn on 1995's Protection.

    BBC: Double Novello triumph for Elbow

  • How has the handset business become such a thorn in Siemens's side?

    ECONOMIST: Siemens

  • Zamora and Johnson remained a thorn in Perm's side as the Russian club looked to have brought their poor mid-season domestic form with them to London.

    BBC: Fulham 3-1 Amkar Perm

  • Irwin was proving a real thorn in Grimsby's side and, after Simon Ford was penalised for handball just outside the area on the half-hour, he equalised straight from the free-kick.

    BBC: Wolves 4-1 Grimsby

  • Grinham and her sister Rachael continued to prove a thorn in David's side, contesting the 2007 World Open title to break her winning streak, but she has since claimed five straight global crowns.

    CNN: Supreme fitness

  • But Howdes was to have his moment as Schalke wrapped the tie up when 33-year-old Raul, a constant thorn in Inter's side, picked out Howdes with a stunning scooped pass and the centre-back fired into the bottom corner.

    BBC: Schalke 2-1 Inter Milan (agg 7-3)

  • Now that AMD has managed to be more than just a thorn in Intel's side, and instead a valid and increasingly threatening competitor, we figured they'd lay off the immature Intel bashing, but AMD's CEO, Hector Ruiz, got a bit whiny the other day during a speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

    ENGADGET: AMD boasts of an Apple future, gripes about Intel

  • Mr Rudd has remained a thorn in Ms Gillard's side since she ousted him as prime minister in 2010.

    BBC: Gillard: 'Leadership settled' as Rudd shuns vote

  • Mr. Hazare has been a thorn in the government's side since April.

    WSJ: India Moves to Toughen Graft Fight

  • Abilify's side-effect profile is a thorn in the side of market leader Zyprexa, from Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ).

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  • Mr Blair has been desperate to find a way of stopping Ken Livingstone, a left-wing thorn in the government's side, from being the party's official candidate.

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  • Bentley was a constant thorn in Manchester City's side and with new signings Obafemi Martins and Curtis Davies to come in, Birmingham should have enough to stay up.

    BBC: Birmingham 2-2 Manchester City

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