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  1. Needles

    Needles is a city located in the Mojave Desert on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. It is located in the Mohave Valley, which straddles the California–Arizona border. The city is accessible via Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 95. The population was 4,844 at the 2010 census, up from 4,830 at the 2000 census. Needles was named after "The Needles", a group of pointed rocks on the Arizona side of the river. The large Mohave Native American community, shares the nearby Fort Mojave Indian Reservation and the town. Needles is a gateway to the Mojave National Preserve.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Needles

    Sharp instruments used for puncturing or suturing.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. needles

    Used by sail-makers, are seaming, bolt-rope, or roping needles, all three-sided, and of very fine steel.--The Needles of the Isle of Wight are the result of cracks in the rocks, through which the sea has worn its way, as also at Old Harry, Swanage Bay. As the chalk formation stretches westward, the structure changes in hardness until at Portland we meet with Portland stone. In California many of the needle rocks are of volcanic origin; others again are basaltic columns.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. NEEDLES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Needles is ranked #25272 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Needles surname appeared 980 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Needles.

    94% or 922 total occurrences were White.
    2.9% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 15 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of needles in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of needles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of needles in a Sentence

  1. Brian Battle:

    We're going to be on pins and needles until we get some indication from the Fed, that's what matters. Everybody is betting that the Fed is going to cut rates, probably not in June but soon. That is a very crowded trade.

  2. Jeff Zients:

    This vaccine is specifically formulated for these young kids. So we're launching a new program especially for kids under 5. The planning process is well underway. CDC is working with states to help them prepare. We've secured enough vaccine supply for all kids in this age group, all 18 million. We have enough needles, syringes and kits, and these are all specially formulated or made for this age group to send alongside the vaccine, we're working closely with pediatricians and family doctors and children's hospitals and pharmacies to make sure the vaccine is available at thousands of locations across the country.

  3. Daphna Nachminovitch:

    They have been cited … for direct and critical violations, for failure to provide basic necessities of life to these nursing mother dogs and their puppies, keeping animals in temperatures as high as 92 degrees without air conditioning, plunging needles into the heads of puppies to drain hematomas … and so much more.

  4. Mayor Svante Myrick:

    A lot of people said the same about syringe exchanges - if you're giving away free needles, you're just going to be encouraging people to use heroin, nobody uses heroin because needles are available.

  5. Samantha Packer:

    It wasn’t my idea to use the needles. The mother said she would like to incorporate them somehow, but didn’t know what to do.

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