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If you’re invited somewhere with your significant other, do as New York ceramist Shane Gabier does and get two bottles of wine—a gesture more generous than showing up with just one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The plot, expanded from Thompson-Hernandez’s Sundance-winning 2022 short of the same name, is more like a gesture toward the family’s unspoken drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But while your brother’s lack of money management appears to have led your mother to make this gesture, it’s also important not to punish his children for the sins of their father.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

That would be its own kind of insult, and no one worth admiring wants a roster spot handed to him as a gesture.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

He shrugged innocently, the gesture releasing a strong whiff of cologne.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Several Portsmouth supporters made gestures that indicated they believed the fan had been grabbed by the throat.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

“It’s on the Met and partners to meet the moment, not with token gestures around one exhibit,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

In doing all this, James is also determined to unwind the cliches of gay fiction: the tragic victim, the heartwarming gestures of solidarity, the blunt porniness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Silent cinema performers used their whole bodies — eyes, gestures, poses — as narrative devices.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

She looks around and gestures to an empty corner of the hut.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

Littler also gestured that Van Veen was a "cry baby" and the pair did not speak for multiple weeks.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Anyway, before we could respond, he gestured at a TV mounted on the wall, level with the highest shelves groaning with organic kibble and handmade toys, and sang out, “Because there he is!”

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

I gestured frantically back in the direction of my house, and that was all it took.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"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

He began shouting and gesturing toward Caballero, which led to the benches clearing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"I remember that as a child I climbed up there, all the way to the main roof tile," former salt farmer Omer Hot said, gesturing at the seven-metre-high storehouse roof.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 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

On the far side of the detector on the left, another officer—brown, dark hair, angular features—was monitoring a screen of some sort, gesturing every so often for the next student to come through it.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro