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Boone also employs various training methods such as handball and finger-tip pushups to strengthen her upper body.
New York's Most Feared Bicep Scott Cacciola 2011
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Yet did it quiver under the finger-tip caress in rhythmic vibrations that became whisperings and rustlings and mutterings of sound - but of sound so different; so elusively thin that it was shimmeringly sibilant; so mellow that it was maddening sweet, piping like an elfin horn, which last was just what Bassett decided would be like a peal from some bell of the gods reaching earthward from across space.
THE RED ONE 2010
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Sam Ricketts skied a glorious chance to equalise and Holden forced Petr Cech into a finger-tip save while at the other end Fabrice Muamba cleared an Essien header off the line and Ivanovic headed the rebound over.
Chelsea 1-0 Bolton Wanderers | Premier League match report 2010
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Nereus, who begat my mother Thetis, in his home amid the flowing waves, never shall king Agamemnon touch thy daughter, no! not even to the laying of a finger-tip upon her robe; else will Sipylus, that frontier town of barbarism, the cradle of those chieftains 'line, be henceforth a city indeed, while Phthia's name will nowhere find mention.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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With the future promising home entertainment at the finger-tip, Blockbuster turned to Sumner Redstone, an empire builder with a strong record for making businesses prosper over the long haul.
Chips Off The Block 2008
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Lend us thy ready help, as we seek to drag our fortunes up the rugged hill; if with but thy finger-tip thou touch us, we shall reach our longed-for goal.
Helen 2008
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Nereus, who begat my mother Thetis, in his home amid the flowing waves, never shall king Agamemnon touch thy daughter, no! not even to the laying of a finger-tip upon her robe; else will Sipylus, that frontier town of barbarism, the cradle of those chieftains 'line, be henceforth a city indeed, while Phthia's name will nowhere find mention.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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Obayd and brought out to him the seal-ring; whereupon he set it on his finger-tip and pulling it off in haste, cried, “Thou hast made a mistake, O master;” and threw it to him, saying,
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Lend us thy ready help, as we seek to drag our fortunes up the rugged hill; if with but thy finger-tip thou touch us, we shall reach our longed-for goal.
Helen 2008
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"He was to the manor born, but with a twinkle in his eye, a generous heart and a finger-tip feel for popular and political trends."
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