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The basic idea is similar to running a wet finger around the rim of a wine glass.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

A violinist who covered music from 1925 to 1947, she was a modernist with her finger on the pulse of the times and stood in refreshing contrast to the fussy East Coast male critics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Anderson’s original “Resident Evil” film franchise, the writer-director — known for his abrasive, nu-metal vulgar auteurism — raises a middle finger of sorts to his detractors.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

She came towards the front of the stage and gestured "no, no, no" with her finger for them to stop.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

She curled her finger for him to bend down.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"He went shopping, he bought things like cream and chocolates instead of fish fingers and bread," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

He smooths the features of the head -- which he says weighs more than a ton -- with a yellow sponge, while another craftsman adds clay to the fingers of the enormous hands.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

For years, Marset had slipped through the fingers of law enforcement in multiple countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I don't want to point fingers and point any players out tonight," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

I was so desperate to feel close to him again that I reached over and wove my fingers through his as we sat in our seats watching the game.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

"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

She blinked through her specs and fingered her last whisker in thought.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Other remaining brand-name correspondents, including the ageless Lesley Stahl, for a while were feared to be fingering their rip cords too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

Bones passed by me, still fingering his mouth.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya