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Ohtani dealing with blister Ohtani has been dealing with a small blister on the middle finger of his right hand for his last couple starts, Roberts said.—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026 Coupled with the music, the bites have a sense of rebellion, but this isn’t outright middle finger food.—Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 3 June 2026 In the wildly surreal satire, Liu plays a Chinese factory worker named Jianhu, who teleports into the Bay Area and starts robbing clothing stores as a middle finger to fashion mogul Christie Smith (Demi Moore), who has made working conditions untenable in China.—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 2 June 2026 That is such a radical middle finger to the entire institution of Christianity.—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle finger
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of middle finger was
before the 12th century