fingernail
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Working inside a refrigerated metal chamber, she carefully adjusts a mounted tumor, roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, toward a sharp cutting blade.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The woman sighed, tapped her screen with a fingernail and said, “It’s right there.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Sun produces vast numbers of them: every second, billions pass harmlessly through an area the size of your fingernail.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
At the August hearing, McCaslin said she wants to decide other evidentiary issues, including whether the defense will be allowed to test DNA found under Maggie’s fingernail with new genetic-genealogy techniques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
I use my fingernail to flake off some dirt.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
The unexpected findings were not limited to fingernails.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
His fingernails, seen up close, are relatively clean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Pfeiffer: The surprising thing is, you realize you’re just hanging on by your fingernails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
He paints his fingernails and is no stranger to samba dancing in the finish area, wanting to bring more colour to alpine skiing.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
His fingernails tickled their dry ivory exteriors, making the bones clang against each other with a hollow sound that echoed through the cave.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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