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Anthony Munoz, the future Hall of Fame offensive tackle, remembers his coach sticking up for him at training table in the late 1970s when teammates playfully needled him about his long hair.

“He didn’t stick the landing,” needled rookie running back Blake Corum from the locker next door.

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

Mr. Biden also needled Mr. Trump about his financial troubles, as well as the plummeting price of shares in his social media company.

“Nearly a 40% increase in the homeless population, encampments filling our open spaces and sidewalks with trash, needled and human waste, children being exposed to open drug use and dangerous situations.”