haystack
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Sam Smith started at barn dances, singing on top of a haystack.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
That kind of return is like finding a needle—or a pin—in a haystack.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The best place to hide needles is in a haystack.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Gurgi, looking like a windblown haystack, gratefully clambered down, and even Eilonwy gave a sigh of relief.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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
They gave speeches in front of haystacks and wandered around in dad jeans pressing the flesh.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2023
Armpit’s economics teacher once told the class about a donkey standing exactly halfway between two identical haystacks.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
