gesture
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This series is a gesture and a hope: What would it look like if the court worked for you?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
But the gesture that surprised him most, Salazar said, may have been the time that one of Fanara’s cooks couldn’t get to work because his car’s engine blew up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
While Luna's paw print has no legal standing, the gesture holds sentimental value, and more than 50 Ecuadoran couples have elected to get married in front of their dogs and cats since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
The painter’s face is half-cloaked in shadow, his features barely present in a gesture toward his uncertain identity as an artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Or the way she used to gesture with her hands when she talked—something I inherited from her.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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The company says its "companion-centric" device can interpret human gestures and bop to musical rhythms, as well as take selfies and steady videos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
His film contains gestures that trigger ironic laughs — he’s no dummy — but then leave you with a sting you may be embarrassed to admit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
For her, a man paying on a first date is not about dependence or inequality but "effort and keeping some traditional gestures alive in modern dating".
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The gestures haven’t spared Macron from Trump’s attempts to needle him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Then she dropped Eddie’s journal in my hood, jumped down onto Tarrypin’s back, and made rude gestures at me with her little carved hands as the two trundled off after the others.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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She gestured at it: “Treat me as though I were dead.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He gestured over the barrier to a manicured plot with shady benches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
He then gestured to people behind the camera, saying "come on, let's go", before standing up and walking off the set.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 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
He gestured for her to open the chest.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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"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
“Everything is going to go dry. Everything will burn. That’s my latest vision,” she said, gesturing to the idyllic landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Obsession” desperately wants to be a modern film, but can’t do anything more bold than gesturing to the bleakness and incessant discourse this reality is mired in.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Guardiola ended Saturday's post-match news conference by saying "come on you Irons", before gesturing the Hammers symbol with his arms crossed above his head.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
“We’re tearing down,” says Uncle Al, gesturing vaguely.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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