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Some of the company’s backers previously invested in the delivery apps that Para is needling, such as GSR Ventures, which backed Didi, the Uber of China.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
It doesn’t take long for the knives to come out, whether Steve is tweaking Rob about his literary knowledge or Rob is needling Steve about his performance in “Stan & Ollie.”
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2020
Rather, transformative art is needling, Cassandra-like, telling uncomfortable truths you ignore at your peril.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2018
These days Ms. Fisher is needling the world with several potent concoctions.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is needling, you know, with probability of repetition.
From A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
