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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

These gestures offer a lesson about our human condition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

I know that people do things for all sorts of reasons—especially small gestures like looking away.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri