nod

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She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

It also features a nod to Musk’s business philosophy, touting his “algorithm” for efficiency, and his focus on developing “truth-seeking” artificial-intelligence.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

One battle scene is scored to 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” simply as a nod to a He-Man mash-up video that went viral back in 2005, a clash as wonky as it sounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

He gets the nod at Lord's ahead of Rehan Ahmed, the leg-spinner missing out on playing his first home Test.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Then I nod meaningfully toward my switchboard, trying to convey that it requires my full attention.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse