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Archaeologist Elanor Sonderman, who found the fang as part of her graduate work at Texas A&M University, wasn’t looking for that particular needle in a haystack of prehistoric feces. — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "1,500 years ago, someone ate a venomous snake whole. Why?," 24 Apr. 2019 The nuns have affairs in the haystacks, attend witchy rituals in the woods, curse out the gardener, harbor a fugitive — and that's just the start. — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, "Dive Into The Best Summer Movies On Netflix," 20 June 2019 But tracing the source is like finding one haystack in a thousand acres of land -- then finding the needle buried within it. — CBS News, "Romaine lettuce farmers frustrated by government response to E. coli outbreak," 15 May 2018 Although Short's decision-making has effectively led to the worst years of the club's history, there were also needles in haystacks-worth of correct choices along the way. — SI.com, "FanView: Ellis Short's Reign Overview - Better the Devil You Know Than the Devil You Don't?," 30 Apr. 2018 The haystack is smaller and has more needles in it, a change that makes the game feel more linear and also more satisfying. — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, "Review: Dragon Quest XI looks new but feels old," 4 Sep. 2018 Antiquing, while a nice way to spend a weekend afternoon, can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. — Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson, House Beautiful, "You Can Totally Win at Your First Country Auction. Here's How," 29 Aug. 2018 Finding the genetic differences that make one person taller or shorter than another is like looking for needles in a haystack. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "How scientists are trying to predict your future with your genes," 23 Aug. 2018 Finding meteor fragments scattered on the seafloor might seem like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but the scientists participating in this hunt have a few advantages. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Are Hunting for Meteorite Fragments Off the Coast of Washington," 3 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'haystack.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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