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Columna is a nod to Angelenos who make up the backbone of the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

NBA star Jalen Brunson made a cameo, a nod to Hargitay's love of the New York Knicks basketball team.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“What’s a good story if things end up the way they began?” she ponders over the narration in the film’s opening sequence, itself a nod to how the first movie begins.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Released in 2025, it debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s global top 10 and earned five Emmy nominations, including a surprise lead actress nod for Fahy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“I was just leaving,” I tell her, and receive a small nod of approval in return.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

It also showed up to this year’s Emmys with 24 nods, a record in the comedy category.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Eyes-brimming, the veteran singer gave herself little nods of approval after every line, before finally breaking down at the end of the track, seemingly overwhelmed at having made it through."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Every moment, whether dominated by a “Halloween”-inspired ghoul or the grammar-correcting banter of mutually exasperated colleagues, is played straight and for all their initial nods to trope, every character is uniquely and thoroughly human.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

But it also nods to what both “Transamerica” and “Travelin’ Thru” do so well, suggesting that there are various interpretations for everything in life.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Emma nods in agreement, but neither of us moves.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

He smiled and nodded in thanks after a supporter in the public gallery shouted "hang in there!"

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

When she pronounced the sentence, Jester, now 6 feet 2, bowed his head, bit his lip and nodded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

He nodded to the families of “children who are not coming home, members of a very terrible club that I am a member of myself.”

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Shortly after hearing the sentence, a defiant-looking Guo nodded toward a courtroom packed with his supporters and clasped his hands in a praying motion, as he had done repeatedly during his trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

I nodded along at each tap of the keys, though inwardly I sighed, wondering why I needed to know the names of the notes.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“First of all, he was ready,” Sheindlin said, nodding toward Levy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Wong, dressed in a dark blue shirt, was seen smiling and nodding in response from the dock.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Banks were encouraged to hoard these reserves both by black-letter liquidity regulations and by strenuous winking and nodding by their supervisors at the Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Madonna looks at a world where “no one wants to go outside,” nodding at the ways the COVID-19 pandemic broadly increased our isolation and made people more fearful of reality and each other.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Both of them alternated between peering proudly out at all the kids in the pool, and nodding excitedly at one another.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix