"needle match" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "needle matches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "needle match (plural needle matches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Derek Rosser, Earning a Crust, page 23",
          "text": "Our department was doing pretty well in the inter-departmental cricket competition and we had a needle match fixed against the current leaders on Monday evening.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contest between bitter rivals."
      ],
      "id": "en-needle_match-en-noun-by0G1wsk",
      "links": [
        [
          "contest",
          "contest"
        ],
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ],
        [
          "rival",
          "rival"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "needle match"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "needle matches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "needle match (plural needle matches)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Derek Rosser, Earning a Crust, page 23",
          "text": "Our department was doing pretty well in the inter-departmental cricket competition and we had a needle match fixed against the current leaders on Monday evening.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A contest between bitter rivals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contest",
          "contest"
        ],
        [
          "bitter",
          "bitter"
        ],
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          "rival",
          "rival"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "needle match"
}