gestures

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“Full Phil” took about an hour to reveal its point — that parenthood makes you a glutton for punishment — and the jokes are more gestures at where a joke should be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The best likely outcome for investors: Symbolic gestures that steady the relationship and preserve, and possibly extend, the detente reached last fall.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Debbie Tapper, who's lived around Walsall her whole life, recalls a bustling market that used to stretch the length of the High Street as she gestures sadly to the shops and stalls that remain.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Informing her decision to visit Spain, she said, were recent conciliatory gestures from Spanish leaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

He only knew the simpler gestures and some of the sound-shapes.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver