gestures
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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 explained that Gracie, who was autistic and had learning difficulties, mostly communicated in gestures at the time, so Emma had been walking towards her daughter.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The mayor has made other conciliatory gestures to the city’s capitalist class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Silent cinema performers used their whole bodies — eyes, gestures, poses — as narrative devices.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
He gestures dramatically with his scrawny squirrel arm up to the hayloft, where a scary-looking ray-blasting cannon whirs to life.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
