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haystack

é como procurar uma agulha no palheiro prov

it is like looking for a needle in a haystack

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The design marked a transitional stage in boiler development, between the early haystack boilers and the later multi-tube fire-tube boilers. en.wikipedia.org

He was also fired from a farm, accused of setting fire to haystacks. en.wikipedia.org

Haystack was also developed this year using statistics to reduce audit trails. en.wikipedia.org

Basic values such as responsibility, trust, respect are like needle in the haystack. en.wikipedia.org

At one point, it was even concealed beneath a haystack. en.wikipedia.org

The odds of recovering them in the landfill are said to be greater than a needle in a haystack. en.wikipedia.org

The first night was spent in the haystack in the family barn. en.wikipedia.org

Much of her cargo of slot machines, spark plugs, clothing, tobacco, watches and car parts was looted and concealed in haystacks, oatfields, lochs and caves. en.wikipedia.org

At differing times of day and in various seasons haystacks absorb the light from diverse parts of the color spectrum. en.wikipedia.org

The bikers had to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, in haystacks and on people's lawns. en.wikipedia.org

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