gesture
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This series is a gesture and a hope: What would it look like if the court worked for you?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
"The United States of America appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran!"
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
But the gesture that surprised him most, Salazar said, may have been the time that one of Fanara’s cooks couldn’t get to work because his car’s engine blew up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
While Luna's paw print has no legal standing, the gesture holds sentimental value, and more than 50 Ecuadoran couples have elected to get married in front of their dogs and cats since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
My strength, my will, weaves through my gesture.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The company says its "companion-centric" device can interpret human gestures and bop to musical rhythms, as well as take selfies and steady videos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 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 clarified that this didn't mean "overly sentimental or romantic gestures" but was instead a focus on "love that is quiet and unconditional, built on time and patience."
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The show’s photos, predominantly in black and white, document these dramatic emphases as revealed by the stances and gestures of Graham and her dedicated group of women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Because ever since that doctor swooped in, with his grand gestures and his medical language and his coffee breath, I’ve checked out.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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
In one case the server gestured to a sign which said "traditional fish and chips".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Auntie Matchmaker gestured to the paper with her chopsticks.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"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
Barzar said, gesturing for a customer in line to move to an open register.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
“Obsession” desperately wants to be a modern film, but can’t do anything more bold than gesturing to the bleakness and incessant discourse this reality is mired in.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
‘Ah,’ said the Walker, gesturing at Torak to move on.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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