Crestone Needle

[ kres-tohn ]

/ ˈkrɛs toʊn /

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a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,197 feet (4,330 meters).

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
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All of these may factor into the inability to move the needle on the scale.
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A sheet covered his body from the neck down, making it impossible to see where, exactly, the needle had been inserted.
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For instance, in one study, white subjects were shown videos of people being stuck with a needle.
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Lydia also gets her vitals checked, arm rubbed with alcohol, and glove-covered hands safely inserting the needle.
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The needle of the archdruidress broke, as she shook her head viciously at the scoffer.
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The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
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She was so handy with a needle, and allus ready to cut out calico dingusses that the peon gals could sew up.
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Yellowish or brown, needle-like or rhombic crystals of hematoidin (Fig. 32) may be seen after hemorrhage into the bowel.
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The dip of the south end of the needle at Goulburn Island was 27 degrees 32 1/2 minutes.
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