needle
Example Sentences
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“It took them a whole lot of energy and effort to sift through all these things to find this needle in the haystack,” said Doyle, a longtime immigration attorney.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
"It's like searching for a needle in 50,000 football stadiums filled to the roof with hay. The machine finds the needle in an hour," explains Annabel Rolofs from the University of Bonn.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
A needle goes into my arm, and the blood goes out of my vein through a tube.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
“Having an operator with AMZN’s scale, ambition and expertise can allow them to become an effective 3P competitor for all volumes moving the share and pricing needle in all modes,” the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Once the needle settled, she scratched away on her clipboard, while Fig hurtled off the scale, dashing back to the safety of his carrier.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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