fingertips
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He has not needed to go searching for wickets, instead just letting the ball flow naturally from his fingertips.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Thank you, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, for bringing human knowledge to our fingertips, for “free.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
With the weather app at our fingertips these days, it can be hard to imagine just how difficult it was to forecast the weather in the 1940s, especially in Northern Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Many remember him as one of the “zip-tie guys”—he was photographed crossing the Senate floor in tactical gear, white flex-cuffs dangling from his fingertips.
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
The skin on his fingertips was turning a little blue, but he held himself upright.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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