index finger

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During Canada’s win over Sweden on Friday, the Swedes taped Kennedy’s release and the video showed him touching the stone with his index finger after releasing the handle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

This measure compares the length of the index finger to the ring finger, a relationship called the 2D:4D ratio.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Stafford, who suffered a sprained right index finger against the Panthers, was not at his best.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

I had to develop a feel for how to grip the blade, pinched between my thumb and index finger, just above the handle for control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

She smiled as she said it, pointing a crooked index finger at us.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall