pinhead
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Gina Saarberg, 28, took the coveted Golden Spurtle using the same recipe that saw her crowned Dutch champion in July, using organic pinhead oats, salt and water that she brought with her from the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
A magnet roughly the size of a pinhead can lift a paper clip against the gravitational pull of the entire Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
I’m a mere critic, not a network pinhead, as David Letterman referred to executives who made these kinds of decisions, but that doesn’t mean I can’t dream up cockamamie ideas.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Ricin, found naturally in castor beans, can cause death within 36 to 72 hours from exposure to an amount as small as a pinhead.
From Reuters ● Jan. 8, 2023
By the time we reach Pluto, we have come so far that the Sun–our dear, warm, skin-tanning, life-giving Sun–has shrunk to the size of a pinhead.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
