finger
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Right-hander Roki Sasaki is working back from a blister on his middle finger and is penciled in to return from the IL next week against the Padres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Teasing tones aside, President Stubb put his finger squarely on the pulse of deepening EU-Canadian relations.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
As I slid my finger across the display, I could feel it, but it’s more subtle than Samsung’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The team used single-cell sequencing, advanced image analysis and high-resolution 3D X-ray scanning to build a detailed map of human finger joints as they developed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Karli was about to say something, but Mutti frowned at him quickly and put a finger to her lips.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Did Apple stretch a hand model’s fingers to make the Duo look more ergonomic?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Brennan, 21, held up four fingers to celebrate each of his four stage wins in his first Grand Tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Now, they can be counted on your fingers."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
They had carved out a prime Sunday evening slot for a world premiere that, fingers crossed, would remain unknown until the audience was seated inside the theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
His fingers found only a willow-branch mat: smooth and useless.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
"It's more a theme park than a shopping mall," Germany supporter Michael Karg, 48, said as he fingered through an A-Z list of restaurants on a digital directory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
So it didn't take long for Mr Freeman – legally known as Desmond Filby – to be fingered as the alleged culprit.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
They attacked France as a liar who had fingered Leasure to save himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024
Donatelli adjusted the vertical measure and fingered the sliding weights.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Chopin sought to convey these moods through explicit performing directions about fingering, pedaling and slurring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"I tend now to play parts of chords, rather than fingering the whole damn thing. I use these shortcuts that would be a nightmare for a guitar teacher."
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
For more than a decade, scientists have debated which animals alive today hail from that earliest sister, fingering two phyla as the most likely candidates: sponges and comb jellies.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2023
She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance.
From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023
He stood over it muttering to himself, thoughtfully fingering a filament of his mustache.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
