finger
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In the 1960s, he lost a finger in a workplace accident.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Wood kept his finger on the pulse of all of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
An amateur cricket league has expressed its "genuine concern for the welfare" of Saltburn Cricket Club members over a recent finger clicking controversy that has made global headlines.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“The giant theme that I wrote for ‘God of War’ can be played with one finger on a piano,” McCreary reveals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Little Britches poked a small finger at the page.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The video appeared to show Saltburn fielder Brian Devine clicking his fingers in order to trick the umpire into giving a Norton batter out.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“It looked like a UPS truck in here. I mean, look at me,” she adds, fluffing the ruffles of her Accidente Con Flores dress, her intricately manicured fingers decorated with colorful Zuni Toons rings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
British rap superstar Stormzy ripped ligaments in his fingers, external the first time he played netball.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Their final complaint was a hair-splitting gotcha: I wrote that “lawmakers can count on a few fingers the times former Sen. Vance has set foot in the Capitol.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I nodded, brushing my fingers over my grandparents’ initials as my hands inched toward my phone.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"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
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
The morning of her suspension, Izzy had been in her seat, practicing a tricky fingering on the E string for the Saint-Saëns piece she’d been working on in her private lessons.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
