as in right hand
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Francis, like other popes, wore it on the ring finger of his right hand.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025 -
Unfortunately, instead of breaking camp with the team last year, Aranda broke a finger on his right hand during defensive drills at the team’s Port Charlotte spring training complex one week before the season began.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The film, starring Alec Baldwin and newcomer Patrick Scott McDermott, ends with a tribute to Hutchins, who died in October 2021 after a prop gun with live rounds, held by Baldwin, discharged on the New Mexico set.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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In 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set when a prop gun being held by Baldwin discharged a live bullet.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Francis died Easter Monday at 88 from a stroke, after weeks of battling respiratory ailments and an extended stay at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, over on the Top R&B Albums list, SOS rebounds to No. 1 yet again, earning its one-hundred-and-sixth nonconsecutive stay at the summit.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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And what the project means by the term—turning the Department of Energy into a handmaiden of the coal, oil and natural gas industry—betrays not only the taxpayer but science itself.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2025
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Floridians are tired of being sacrificed to the gun lobby’s fanaticism and to the cynicism of its Tallahassee handmaidens.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Dec. 2024
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That means modeling curiosity ourselves, using AI openly and transparently to fuel genuine inquiry rather than as a crutch.—
Catherine Goetze,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Diversification is used deliberately when bargains are scarce — not as a crutch, but as capital discipline.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Bolsterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolsterer. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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