Finger
Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Both words in one sentence
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Rather than preside over an empire of smoldering, irradiated, fused carbon and silicon, the Aberrants decided to take off, and China took its proverbial finger away from the Big Red Button.
Source: Godzilla Threshold -
In Sin City, Miho, one of the most badass characters of the series, does not use her finger, but rather throws a metal shaft into the barrel of an attacker's gun while he was distracted.
Source: Finger in a Barrel - Though amnesiac rather than stoned out of his mind, The Kid from Ever17 wonders about his metaphorical "forgotten sixth finger" at times when he looks at his hand and contemplates his lost memory.
Source: Contemplating Your Hands
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