haystack

Example Sentences

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Maven was built to find the needle in the haystack.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Clough added, "As microplastic researchers looking for microplastics in the environment, we're searching for the needle in the haystack, but there really shouldn't be a needle to begin with."

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

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 • Jan. 21, 2026

“It’s a needle in a haystack to find an opportunity that makes financial sense to build today,” Goldstein said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

At night they slept in a haystack, so grateful for open air even the field mice and the ticks were welcome bedmates.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison