needle

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This eliminates the costs and risks associated with pinpointing naturally occurring pockets of hot water, which are like needles in a haystack.

From The Wall Street Journal

Evicting institutional landlords from the housing market won’t move the needle, either.

From The Wall Street Journal

That involves a traditional blood draw using a needle and syringe.

From BBC

Companies have to thread a fine needle to get moonshot awards right—setting targets that aren’t too easy, but also aren’t so hard that the awards are unattainable and lose all incentive value.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the needle drops on a new era of digital music creation, the controversy in Sweden over Jacub suggests that for now at least it is human musicians not machines who still call the tune.

From BBC