needle

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Clough added, "As microplastic researchers looking for microplastics in the environment, we're searching for the needle in the haystack, but there really shouldn't be a needle to begin with."

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

So when all of that is considered, the incentives baked into the proposals may move the needle more toward banks holding loans directly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

She hosts monthly arts and crafts workshops including activities like scrapbooking, punch needle embroidery and clay art.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Threading the needle between investors’ need for information and a company’s ability to focus on its core competency isn’t easy—but in some ways the SEC’s proposal fails at both.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

“Once the needle is through, he doesn’t really feel a thing.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas