haystack
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"Searching for anything in it is like hunting for a needle in a haystack," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
That kind of return is like finding a needle—or a pin—in a haystack.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The best place to hide needles is in a haystack.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
"It's like looking for a needle in a haystack," Pavia said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025
I looked at the soft haystack of hair cupped in my palm.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
I’ve used AI to summarize vast swaths of documents and pull needles from giant haystacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
"It's not just one needle in a haystack, but one needle in several haystacks," Singapore's second minister for home affairs, Josephine Teo, told parliament in October last year.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
"You really are fishing needles out of haystacks."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
They gave speeches in front of haystacks and wandered around in dad jeans pressing the flesh.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2023
And so he remained, paralyzed by indecision, a donkey between two haystacks.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
