haystack
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The point is to be wary of argument by anecdote, since the trading database is a big haystack, and journalists are pattern-seeking animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Searching for anything in it is like hunting for a needle in a haystack," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The best place to hide needles is in a haystack.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
The process can take months for a single archaeological site and often feels like searching for a needle in a haystack.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
The sample size was too small, the haystack too big, and the needle invisible.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
I’ve used AI to summarize vast swaths of documents and pull needles from giant haystacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
"It's not just one needle in a haystack, but one needle in several haystacks," Singapore's second minister for home affairs, Josephine Teo, told parliament in October last year.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
"You really are fishing needles out of haystacks."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
Rather than spotting needles in a haystack, Gold said, satellites tend to capture “really big haystacks that are moving very slowly.”
From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2023
She brought me an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream machine and said, “There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.”
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
