needle
Example Sentences
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"It's like searching for a needle in 50,000 football stadiums filled to the roof with hay. The machine finds the needle in an hour," explains Annabel Rolofs from the University of Bonn.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
A needle goes into my arm, and the blood goes out of my vein through a tube.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
But, the staffer added, maybe the council member’s office could “help move the needle on this request.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
There are few companies it could buy outright that move the needle financially and fewer that are cheap enough.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Once I finally got the needle threaded, I was ready to start hemming again.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing needle
Sewing Away
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The Boxcar Children
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I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
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