gesture
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A solution was found: Lebanon would first have to make a splashy gesture toward peace, diverting attention from Iran’s demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Sharif also asked Iran's leaders to "open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Cuba has taken apparent steps in recent weeks to ease tensions, notably releasing groups of prisoners in two batches, in what it called a "humanitarian gesture."
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
“I can only do this”—he makes a swiping gesture with his hands—“so many times with so many things,” Sax says in a TV segment.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Smiling weakly, the girl patted him on the head, a clumsy gesture that rattled his undead brain.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Vocabulary lists containing gesture
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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