needle

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Staff will continue regular inspections to detect crown thinning, needle discoloration and loss, reduced growth and abnormal resin production, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Ironically, they are too small to move the needle for Berkshire stockholders.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

These are fair questions the film never bothers to consider, instead favoring inert dialogue and needle drops that tell the audience when they’re supposed to be moved.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

For the Coast Guard, the Rum War was less a game of cat and mouse and more a case of a needle in a haystack.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

It was also uniquely hazardous because waste in dumpsters can include items such as knives, glass, needles, batteries and vermin, Menchaca said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

“These households have been on pins and needles over the past several months because they’ve all been notified that the subsidy was running out at the end of the calendar year,” Salas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

She stood up, dropping the blanket, the yarn, and her knitting needles to the floor.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

“Yews are one of the few needled evergreens that will take pruning and push out new green growth.”

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024

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

If he turned away and then looked back, there was no longer a sign of her, not even a whispering motion in the needled branches she had moved through.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

After graduating, she began practicing conventional Western medicine at a clinic by day, and needling animals in their living rooms on evenings and weekends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● May 26, 2025

Kupp has been in the league since 2017 and doesn’t mind needling his buddy a bit, especially about the hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024

We hadn’t even reached the baggage claim and he had his arm around me, needling my sister with his embarrassing behavior.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri