finger
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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
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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
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"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
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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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