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

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

These gestures offer a lesson about our human condition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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