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"You've taken us for fools long enough," read a banner beneath a display depicting BFV officials using a magnet to pull a compass needle towards them.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The French government defended on Thursday its plans to cut spending and raise taxes as it tries to thread the needle between jittery debt markets and public discontent over the rising cost of living.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The investment opportunity is something more durable: getting around the needle without giving up the potency that made peptide drugs so valuable in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s hard to find investments that can move the needle at that size.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

They were looking for a needle in a haystack.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

"At just 50-100 nanometers wide, these particles are the perfect compass needles," said Harrison.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

There was the chirping of cicadas and the crunch of desiccated pine needles underfoot, but the most remarkable thing about the place was the quiet.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Jurors were told she had sought alternatives to her insulin medication because of her vegetarianism and fear of needles.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Call it nonna-stalgia—a culinary offshoot of the “grandmacore” aesthetic that has Gen Z picking up knitting needles, gardening gloves and sourdough starter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

“Daisy chains, pine needles, mud,” I mumbled to myself.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

During the session in 2017, he needled Rex Tillerson - urging him to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal which Tillerson refused to do.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

In theaters, airplanes and performance spaces, I needled my companions by demanding specific aisle seats for legroom and faster escape.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2023

Washington artists used mind-bending jazz experimentations to question deep-seated social and economic systems, and needled billionaire tech villains through hummable punk bops.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

“Take something that’s a bigger challenge,” Rabi needled Livingston.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

British journalist Piers Morgan, who delights in needling Australia, posted his condolences along with a prayer emoji on social media: "My thoughts with @CricketAus at this very difficult time."

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

One girl in school enjoyed needling me: “Why weren’t you in school yesterday? Oh, I bet because you were on TV.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Raducanu suffered a back spasm in Strasbourg last week, using dry needling and heat therapy to help her recovery.

From BBC ● May 26, 2025

Aukerman, now with a much brasher energy, starts needling Mantzoukas, who bandies jokes back across the net.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

I didn’t want to think about anything, so I thought about how the wind was needling through my clothes to my skin.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart