fingers

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Fresh from the oven, a biscuit is a creature of immediate gratification — meant to be split open with impatient fingers and painted with melting butter.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

"Take a foam earplug between your two fingers and smoosh it down and roll it," Price explained.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Then she targets the tight spots, her fingers moving in piano-player like motions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Worried the World Cup was slipping through their fingers the bid committee reorganized in a way that made it, well, more united.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

As SJ’s stout fingers zip across the controls, a soft blue light envelops you; there’s no roar of fuel combustion or electrical hum.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith