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The plot, expanded from Thompson-Hernandez’s Sundance-winning 2022 short of the same name, is more like a gesture toward the family’s unspoken drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But while your brother’s lack of money management appears to have led your mother to make this gesture, it’s also important not to punish his children for the sins of their father.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

That would be its own kind of insult, and no one worth admiring wants a roster spot handed to him as a gesture.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

The crowd appeared to agree as thousands praised him by holding up his famous diamond hand gesture.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Even if she couldn't see the gesture, he knew she would sense his response.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Reporters in the room could not hear the exchange, but the BBC saw exasperated facial expressions and gestures from Clancy's lawyer.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

In doing all this, James is also determined to unwind the cliches of gay fiction: the tragic victim, the heartwarming gestures of solidarity, the blunt porniness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Then Fox got up, approached Eatherly and made gestures toward him.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Isolated finger gestures, sometimes reaching upward, added telling small details to Mr. Morris’s choreographic momentum, which kept a heady pace with the composer’s insistently pounding, punchy sonorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Miss Miller was now the only teacher in the room: a group of great girls standing about her spoke with serious and sullen gestures.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Toward the end of the performance Raul stood and gestured to the crowd that they should stand and applaud.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

She gestured at a crowd of at least 40 people: “You’re not the only one. All these people are here because of StubHub.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Anyway, before we could respond, he gestured at a TV mounted on the wall, level with the highest shelves groaning with organic kibble and handmade toys, and sang out, “Because there he is!”

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Nighthand gestured to the barmaid, who cast him a nod.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"There is just so much of it," he said, gesturing toward piles of food parcels at the protest site in the Indian capital.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Barzar said, gesturing for a customer in line to move to an open register.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Ostapenko grew annoyed as she was unable to hold in her first three service games of the second set, gesturing wildly and directing angry shouts towards her team.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Everything is going to go dry. Everything will burn. That’s my latest vision,” she said, gesturing to the idyllic landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

“They’re going to see us though and come after us,” Thorn said, gesturing toward Mr. Dimblewit and the Hill’s Guard.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega