Standing before the microphone on the Constitution Hall stage, Nikhil asked for the latter word’s definition, language of origin and other identifying information while his fingers mimed typing.
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Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Instead of getting upset himself, Busch mimed wiping away fake tears to the crowd.
Bari Weiss directed the housecleaning at the newsmagazine last week, and Nick Bilton signed the letter telling Scott Pelley he was fired on Tuesday night, but the Paramount CEO owns the decisions and the disconcerting fallout.
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Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
While nearly 350 state legislators have signed letters urging for stronger federal oversight, some members of Congress are moving in the opposite direction.
As drivers waved signs and chanted with the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House providing a backdrop, labor leaders described the victory as the largest private-sector organizing win since Ford autoworkers unionized in 1941.
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Leah Willingham,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
My wife looked beautiful, wearing a sundress that waved in the summer breeze.
Onstage, Abrams seemed the more demure of the two, strumming her guitar behind a mic stand while Hobert held her microphone in her hand and gesticulated with authorial flair.
Brunson signaled to the bench and headed to the locker room after checking out of the game.
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
Both ministers were replying after anonymous sources cited Tuesday by the Financial Times said the United States had signaled openness to deploying elements of its nuclear arsenal in new European countries, in addition to the six currently thought to host nuclear weapons.
Channeling his inner Jameson, a spirited Simmons then motioned for Spider-Man to get tossed from the game.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Another incident identified by police allegedly occurred on March 27, when Berrios-Otero allegedly motioned for a 4-year-old child to sit on his lap and directed him to get a blanket, according to the warrant affidavits.
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