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"You've taken us for fools long enough," read a banner beneath a display depicting BFV officials using a magnet to pull a compass needle towards them.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"It's certainly going to be tricky for the court to thread the needle," said Sankar, between upholding the administration's position and giving the oil companies what they seek.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"One needle was bent in a 90-degree angle when it was removed," the filing states.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The investment opportunity is something more durable: getting around the needle without giving up the potency that made peptide drugs so valuable in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

For the Coast Guard, the Rum War was less a game of cat and mouse and more a case of a needle in a haystack.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

These particles could align with Earth's magnetic field and behave like microscopic compass needles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s too soon to say how many of the trees will survive; some are showing signs of stress including brown needles, according to Sam Gough, an arborist with the Incline Village General Improvement District.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

There was the chirping of cicadas and the crunch of desiccated pine needles underfoot, but the most remarkable thing about the place was the quiet.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

I had been having a strange feeling of pins and needles in my face and was convinced it was a problem with my wisdom teeth.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Finally, he scraped the antlers and the long bones clean, and tied them into a bundle for splintering later into fishhooks, needles and arrowheads.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

While the two candidates have needled each other with personal digs and insults throughout much of the campaign, they appeared to set that energy aside during the Clovis forum and even traded some compliments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

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

Today their teasing needled him and seemed to betray the comradeship of the night before.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The Welsh Government says it is monitoring the implementation of mandatory licencing schemes for acupuncture, dry needling, body piercing, electrolysis, tattooing and semi-permanent makeup and this "will inform any potential future extension to other procedures".

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Best known as one-half of reality TV’s most polarizing couple on “The Hills,” Pratt built a reputation as a needling instigator, often leaning into the role of villain with annoying enthusiasm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

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

One girl in school enjoyed needling me: “Why weren’t you in school yesterday? Oh, I bet because you were on TV.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Mariam was not looking at him, but she could hear something slyly playful in these questions, like a needling.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini