tic
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Actors in the production lip-sync the actual audio, reproducing every hesitation, interruption and verbal tic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Not because of anything dramatic, not because of some special flaw within you, but because you are guilty of the most common tic in how humans navigate existence—turning others into objects.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
Accompanying that rage was a fresh explosion of ignorance about Tourette syndrome, the condition that caused Davidson to tic involuntarily throughout last Sunday’s ceremony.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
"And then suddenly, boom, the tic will appear," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
It’s that their hedging is a choice, not a tic.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Everyone John meets in “I Swear” is either aghast by his tics or accepts them without struggle.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
His tics are not naughty mischief but an uncontrollable action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
The fact that the strike zone was not static–that it changed from umpire to umpire-was one of these tics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Davidson, an executive producer of the film, left midway through the ceremony and said in a statement he was “deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
“Yeah. I had a couple of friends in my old school who didn’t get annoyed by my tics, but I don’t really see them anymore now that we live so far apart.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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