finger
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He goes on to explain why he isn’t playing, lifting a crooked finger to the camera and saying he is injured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Juventus attempted to sign Martinez earlier in the transfer window, but the deal collapsed because of concerns over a finger injury.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The media hall monitor at the Poynter Institute wagged his finger, which someone actually pays him for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Tourists hauled their suitcases over the doorstep into the fray, fresh off a flight or rushing to make one, if only they could get one last chicken finger first.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
“You cheated,” I said, pointing my finger in her face.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“I always say I believe that God made me good at chicken fingers to help people. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true.”
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
The more Mitchell conjures joy and fear from thin air with the snap of his fingers, the more frustrating it becomes that audiences seldom get to experience summer fun at this caliber anymore.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Particularly impressive were improvements in robotic hands, Sarkar said, wiggling his fingers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
John’s left arm had atrophied, his hand now basically a claw, and two of his fingers were numb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
His hand reached out, his hot fingers clinging to Torak’s as eagerly as a child.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
"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
Sheriff Clark fingered the nightclub that dangled on a strap from his wrist.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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
For more than a decade, scientists have debated which animals alive today hail from that earliest sister, fingering two phyla as the most likely candidates: sponges and comb jellies.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 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
She created her own silence, sitting in it and fingering her rosary while I read comprehension passages.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
