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[nod] / nɒd /






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"Young people are sticking it to the education system," read another, in a nod to the lyrics of a popular protest song against the far right.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Bradley Barcola delivered a cross into the Arsenal penalty area, with Liverpool striker Alexander Isak seemingly ready to nod home an equaliser.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Some nod to what’s happening in America, such as when Carrie discovers the school library and gravitates straight to books that have been banned from classrooms and community libraries across the country.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

In a nod to that film, Beverly D’Angelo co-stars as the Kringle family matriarch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Families have filled up the green picnic tables, and they nod or raise a hand in greeting.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The James Bond of it all nods to the brand’s British heritage as well as typical auto-advertising tropes—without a fleck of pink in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

It also provided rare wartime images of friendly exchanges -- nods, smiles and joint selfie videos -- between top officials from Moscow and Kyiv.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

She instead nods to it by saying that she’d be the first governor from the Rio Grande Valley, which for Texans may as well mean the same thing.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

He looks up at her, smiles gently and nods in acknowledgment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Dara tells Grandmary that we’ll catch a ride with Ell, to which Grandmary nods, saying she’s getting a ride there early with Auntie.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Having hit the front for a second time against Fenerbahce, when Alexander Isak nodded in after 69 minutes, Liverpool were seemingly on their way to a thoroughly impressive away win.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

He nodded at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who stood by his side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Pressure on Apple’s margins from rising component costs, meanwhile, isn’t likely to ease any time soon, a factor executives nodded to on a call with analysts Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Just like when peanut butter sales go up,” the chicken-finger heir nodded solemnly.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

He thought for a while, then nodded slowly, before handing it over to her at last.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"I would just switch off and he'd be losing his head next to me," Ethan said, nodding to his dad.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

But at Hinojosa’s rally in McAllen this month, Ovalle was nodding along with the Democratic candidate, recording clips of her stump speech.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

How does the festival define where the label is now while nodding to its history?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Banks were encouraged to hoard these reserves both by black-letter liquidity regulations and by strenuous winking and nodding by their supervisors at the Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“You’re just mean,” said Briony the seal, and by now everyone was nodding and murmuring in agreement.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness


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