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
Such gestures aren’t given to figures who are apathetic or indifferent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“I think it’s safe to say she did. I mean, again”—Amelia gestures meaningfully at the photographs—“just saying.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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