gestures
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That includes not just objects but people: facial expressions, gaze and pose, gestures and the broader context of their behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Sport, performance and culture, body language and even gestures are all used in the course and, until a few years ago, no language was taught at all.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Informing her decision to visit Spain, she said, were recent conciliatory gestures from Spanish leaders.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Gina gestures like a street-corner mattress sale guy, and Grandpa Ed looks pissed.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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