finger
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Participants therefore had to recognize that the associations had changed, learn the new ones, and respond with the correct button using the appropriate hand and finger.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Martinez was known to have an injured finger and is currently unavailable for selection.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It is rare for the alliance to point a finger at Moscow so quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
I hesitated, though, my finger hovering above the button.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Ever since, we’ve been crossing our fingers and knocking on wood and sending up flares to the Booker gods, and sent the book to the printer a little earlier than usual just in case.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Roggatz, 35, dutifully got to work ridding his grass of the gifts from his dogs, Django and Scout, with a plastic bag pinched between his fingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Another said, “You can’t snap your fingers and get a spouse on demand, sadly.”
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
He divided up the arrows, pricking his fingers on the sharp flint points.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
Archer fingered the hilt of his hunting knife and cocked an ear toward the jungle.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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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
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
Ranee notices her granddaughter tucking loose curls behind her ears, fingering her earrings, leaning a bit closer with every story.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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