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He'd initially recorded the lyrics as a guide for Gwangwa - but the musician decided to keep some of them intact "as a gesture of brotherhood".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Xi has also long held Peng’s hand during official occasions, an unusual gesture for a Chinese leader that state media has highlighted as a sign of the couple’s devotion to each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

It has cast the release of prisoners as a gesture of goodwill and reconciliation.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“I’m trying to find some consensual way into it, but I eventually just need to perform the romantic gesture of doing what feels right and what comes naturally to me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ama asks, clearly not impressed with my valiant gesture.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

This is clear from Fabian Hurzeler's gestures on the touchline.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The question is ultimately about familiarity, affinity, and allyship—not as symbolic gestures, but as evidence accumulated over years of shared political struggle. It is a proxy for trust,” he wrote.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

But the film merely gestures to its own unfortunate place in history, without ever cementing it as a tragedy.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The plaza is one of the museum’s most powerful gestures, creating much-needed civic room for Expo Park, and the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She gestures at the towering bowl of twisted metal that once held the bonfire.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

She came towards the front of the stage and gestured "no, no, no" with her finger for them to stop.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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 it: “Treat me as though I were dead.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

He gestured toward his wife, who stood behind a counter usually filled with premade food such as enchiladas and chiles relleno.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

And before I could say anything, gestured for me to sit down on my bed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

"You see the water there?" he said, gesturing at the Gulf separating the UAE from the coasts of southern Iran.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

“I have accepted every single one of these debates,” said Hilton, standing behind a debate-style podium and gesturing at an empty one beside him with Becerra’s name on it .

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

"We want to push justice to investigate," he says, gesturing to the towering new buildings surrounding Tirana's central Skenderbeg Square.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Harpootlian asked the judge to allow Murdaugh to appear in the next hearing in street clothes, gesturing for Murdaugh to stand up in his orange jumpsuit labeled “SCDC” for S.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

“Edda, do you want a tea sandwich?” my aunt asks, oblivious to the shift that has happened in the room, gesturing to the small buffet.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse