gestures
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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
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
The article characterizes his demeanor as overly restrained and controlled, contrasting his stiff posture and stone-faced expression with the animated gestures and expressions of other candidates.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
In my research, I’ve studied how artists from antiquity to the present have used gestures of turning away to signify human confrontations with the most difficult aspects of life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
His face assumes a deferential expression and he gestures broadly toward an entrance on the opposite side.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
