gesture
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Decades later, Dalibor, now 44, was able to find the pair to thank them, saying the gesture had "meant a lot" at a time of great difficulty.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Please vote against that. That would deter people from voting,” Becerra said, making a thumbs-down gesture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Regeneron folded the gesture into a broader bargain this year that spared the company steep tariffs and eased terms on its other drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fujimori's government had granted safe passage to Chavez as a gesture of "goodwill," Sheinbaum said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
I followed the gesture and gasped at the sight of a beautiful city that seemed to be floating in the middle of the lake, encircled by a magical mist, bedazzling us with its towering splendor.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Then Fox got up, approached Eatherly and made gestures toward him.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
They could even convey the rules they had discovered through gestures or sketches.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
First, top-tier American models must be released openly and regularly—not as one-time gestures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
His film contains gestures that trigger ironic laughs — he’s no dummy — but then leave you with a sting you may be embarrassed to admit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
She looks around and gestures to an empty corner of the hut.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Toward the end of the performance Raul stood and gestured to the crowd that they should stand and applaud.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She gestured at it: “Treat me as though I were dead.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Anyway, before we could respond, he gestured at a TV mounted on the wall, level with the highest shelves groaning with organic kibble and handmade toys, and sang out, “Because there he is!”
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
He gave the boy’s aunt more paperwork to fill out and gestured for her to sit in the waiting room, which only made her grouchier yet.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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"There is just so much of it," he said, gesturing toward piles of food parcels at the protest site in the Indian capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
"We want to push justice to investigate," he says, gesturing to the towering new buildings surrounding Tirana's central Skenderbeg Square.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Harpootlian asked the judge to allow Murdaugh to appear in the next hearing in street clothes, gesturing for Murdaugh to stand up in his orange jumpsuit labeled “SCDC” for S.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Look, there’s no water. There’s no air. Everything’s poison,” he says, gesturing around him to this vast, broken world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
“What about all these other kids?” said Sierra, gesturing to the tables filled with the country’s top young bibliophiles.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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