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The challenge for Pickler is threading the needle between developing players and molding players from all over the country into a cohesive and competitive unit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2024

A woman seated against the wall is threading beads, and another woman, framed by the distant doorway, looks out over the canal.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2019

“Everything we do here is threading that needle of: How can athletics do what it needs to do to compete, but also serve the broader community?”

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

“Romney is threading the needle the way a seasoned candidate knows he must,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of Des Moines, Iowa-based Selzer & Co., which conducted the June 17-20 poll.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 23, 2011

Meantime a benighted traveller is threading his way to the spot expecting food and  shelter in the house of his friend.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William