gestures

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“Full Phil” took about an hour to reveal its point — that parenthood makes you a glutton for punishment — and the jokes are more gestures at where a joke should be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

In an industry that runs on hype and grand gestures, Canadian AI firm Cohere is charting a different course from Silicon Valley.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Such gestures aren’t given to figures who are apathetic or indifferent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

He gestures around at the tents and the lights.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern