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
Goblingate, as it was deemed by one X user, was born, with users posting their own encounters with the algorithmic tic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 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
Once he realized Lindo and Jordan heard that offensive tic, he removed himself from the auditorium.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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That assessment might be fair or it might be her reputation making you over-analyze her tics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
That’s one of the tics that comes up in his legal writings and in his posture toward everybody all the time.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
As a result, she hid the condition from friends growing up and colleagues by either by suppressing the tics or releasing them when the person she was speaking with looked away.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The film charts a course through Davidson’s life from the start of his tics as a teenager up until he was presented an award by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019, another venue where he swore.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Definitely when Connor was stressed or excited about anything, his tics got worse.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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