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finger

[fing-ger] / ˈfɪŋ gər /






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Galactic power and privilege literally placed themselves on Hal’s finger simply because he answered one question correctly.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The France defender could easily have pointed the finger at Chelsea themselves.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

I’m back from a matrimonial break with a pep in my step and a shiny new ring on my finger.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

In the 1960s, he lost a finger in a workplace accident.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

I do a few finger warm-ups so my muscles are nice and relaxed.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

"Today the voters in Clacton have stuck two fingers up at the entire political establishment," Farage said.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Another said, “You can’t snap your fingers and get a spouse on demand, sadly.”

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The better strategy would be to put up four fingers, load the bases and bring Raleigh up to the plate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The way she’d adjust her glasses with the back of her wrist when her fingers were caked with dough.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"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

Speculation has fingered everyone from political insiders to drug traffickers as the ones behind Colosio’s assassination, which contributed to a sense of upheaval in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2025

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

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

Zeke fingered the plastic material and noticed it was slightly stained.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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

I stand there awhile fingering the puffed-up gold letters at the top of the page and reading the letter over and over again.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake




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