finger
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To investigate why rheumatoid arthritis favors particular joints, the researchers examined two types of finger joints with very different patterns of disease susceptibility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Spanish police report has highlighted the "total permissiveness" of Moroccan security forces, although senior officials insist it does not point the finger at Rabat.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The goalkeeper had attracted interest from Juventus earlier in the window, with a finger injury understood to have scuppered a move.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“If I can generate video of a finger moving, if I could generate video of a hand picking up a glass, why can’t I cause a robot to do the same?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Trey ran a finger down my cheek before tilting my chin up and pressing his lips softly to mine.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Did Apple stretch a hand model’s fingers to make the Duo look more ergonomic?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
They had carved out a prime Sunday evening slot for a world premiere that, fingers crossed, would remain unknown until the audience was seated inside the theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The gesture, made famous by Leonard Nimoy's character Spock, involves raising the hand with the middle and ring fingers parted.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
For their part, her fans are still likely to watch the uncomfortable show through their fingers.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
There’s a sharp pain in my chest and my fingers are tingling.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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
And it fingered Diana Teran, its own constitutional policing advisor, as the source of the leak, even though Teran was the one who’d initially reported it and denied passing along the information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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
Cole fingered blades of grass under his left hand, then broke off a few and brought them to his bps.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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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
I silently practice my Wohlfahrt etudes, without the bow, just the fingering, simply to calm my pounding heart.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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