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finger

[fing-ger] / ˈfɪŋ gər /






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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

“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

"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

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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