eye of a needle
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“It’s brutal. It’s like trying to find the eye of a needle over and over again,“ he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
The image was engraved by hand on a speck of gold inside the eye of a needle by Birmingham micro-engraver Graham Short.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2022
As Tennessee guard Santiago Vescovi worked around the arc during pregame shoot-around, he felt as if he was trying to force a basketball through the eye of a needle.
From Fox News • Jan. 9, 2021
It dead-ends at a cul-de-sac that loops around a traffic island like the eye of a needle, with more apartment blocks separated by a maze of pathways and lawns.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2020
I ask, making my voice as small as the eye of a needle.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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