From the valley below, each pier and mast merge to look like a single needle with an elongated eye: Foster's drawings, in fact, depict a thread piercing the eye of a needle.

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Acus has several meanings including a "single-prong hairpin" or "needle and thread, " she says.

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So finding a single gene in our DNA is like finding a needle in a haystack.

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At Kiton, fabrics are created with new wefts through the most refined tailor methods, such as needle punching, a special embroidery technique that combines lace with cashmere, transforming it into a single yarn.

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At its core, the case is about whether the 32-team NFL can legally operate as a single business entity, as it claims, or whether it must be considered 32 separate entities, as American Needle argues, which would presumably give the company the right to ink deals with individual clubs.

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