needle

Tape it down over the square and use a pin or needle to poke a hole in the middle of the foil.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

And it almost certainly won’t move the needle.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The argument that the right candidate can move the needle is not crazy.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Yet Schoenbrun’s needle drops also seem to have been chosen to make the audience chuckle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The needle zoomed up and wavered between fourteen and fifteen pounds.

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

This one, though, involved permanent ink and needles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Angelinos tired of feces and needles on the sidewalks can look forward to more of the same.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“These households have been on pins and needles over the past several months because they’ve all been notified that the subsidy was running out at the end of the calendar year,” Salas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In Glasgow, officers later recovered thousands of pounds worth of dermal fillers, needles and botulinum toxin products during a raid linked to the aesthetics trade.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

At least she picks me up some yarn and knitting needles, which I requested the first day she made me stay back.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Mr. Ireland indicates the uneven power dynamics involved when Leigh, though squirming at the idea, is needled into answering the same repulsive question, settling on Margaret Thatcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

During the July 2025 interview, there were some tense moments: Owens needled Fuentes over why he hadn’t married and started a family.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

During the session in 2017, he needled Rex Tillerson - urging him to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal which Tillerson refused to do.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025

Washington artists used mind-bending jazz experimentations to question deep-seated social and economic systems, and needled billionaire tech villains through hummable punk bops.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023

A soft-skinned boy in glasses with taffy-colored hair and the finest trace of a mustache needled across his lip.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

British journalist Piers Morgan, who delights in needling Australia, posted his condolences along with a prayer emoji on social media: "My thoughts with @CricketAus at this very difficult time."

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Solomon’s response didn’t suffice for Wells Fargo’s Mike Mayo, who followed up by needling the investment bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

The Steelers made no reference to dry needling in an update on Friday but that element was revealed in a post on X, external by his older brother JJ.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Kupp has been in the league since 2017 and doesn’t mind needling his buddy a bit, especially about the hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024

Izzy, Mia noticed, tended to respond by needling her mother even more, pushing her buttons with the expertise only a child could.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng