finger
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She added that some competitors had "really got their finger on the key trends".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
His kids, on the other hand, were both single, childless adults in their 50s, yet they never lifted a finger.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
But there I was, flicking my finger up and down to speedily scroll through wsj.com, just as I would on an iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Another board member, Caroline Aguirre, filed a police report in 2024 accusing Gonzales-Torres of aggressively pointing a finger at her during a meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
I opened my mouth to tell her I didn’t want to be in the show, but she whipped her finger up to hush me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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“This is America, my friend,” Waltz shouted, tapping his fingers for emphasis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
“It was like everyone was just pointing fingers at someone else, and no one was actually doing anything about it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
A celebratory mood gripped the capital, with drivers honking their horns and passers-by holding up three fingers -- the winning list's ballot number and a Serbian greeting.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
"Physical tasks require high-quality signals involving limb movements, fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and dynamic force application. For example: applying the correct grip force so a plastic bottle doesn't crumble versus a steel glass," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Forks or chopsticks or fingers, there's no "right" way to put food in your mouth, yet all humans swallow the same way.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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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
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
She fingered a section of freshly hacked hair.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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Other remaining brand-name correspondents, including the ageless Lesley Stahl, for a while were feared to be fingering their rip cords too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
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 looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
Septon Chayle had emerged briefly from the sept, fingering the seven-sided crystal on the thong about his neck, only to retreat inside again once the prayers began.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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