Needle and Waking

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Needle noun - A slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin.

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Waking and needle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Waking" instead a noun "Needle".

Nearby Words: needled, needling, needlework

Waking noun - The state of remaining awake.

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Needle and waking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needle" instead a noun "Waking".

Nearby Words: wake, waken, wakeful, waked

A similar tale surrounds the invention of the sewing machine: the inventor dreamed of spears with holes in them stabbing towards him, and realized upon waking that the eye of a needle to fit into a sewing machine had to be in the tip.

Source: Eureka Moment
Shout-Out: Waking up an unconscious woman by jabbing an adrenaline-filled needle straight down between her breasts.

Source: Film / A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
The text-based game Planet Quarantine starts with the Player Character waking up from cold sleep as the ship Jessica is nearing an Earth-like world called Niah (short for "Needle in a Haystack").

Source: Sleeper Starship

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