ventriloquize
verb
ven·tril·o·quize
ven-ˈtri-lə-ˌkwīz 
ventriloquized; ventriloquizing
: to use ventriloquism
: to utter in the manner of a ventriloquist
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Why not experiment, mess around a little, throw your voice, ventriloquize, pick up one form and put it down and move on to another?
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New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Julius was played by a wooden dummy that Leonard failed to ventriloquize.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020
Phoebe’s chapters are just Will’s best attempt to ventriloquize Phoebe’s voice, to erase his ego and become Phoebe’s living conduit.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 3 Aug. 2018
The Wylies ventriloquize Janice and reveal her dear and reckless self.
—James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
The sound was immense, seeming to ventriloquize the orchestra sitting silently by.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Julius was played by a wooden dummy that Leonard failed to ventriloquize.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020
Phoebe’s chapters are just Will’s best attempt to ventriloquize Phoebe’s voice, to erase his ego and become Phoebe’s living conduit.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 3 Aug. 2018
The Wylies ventriloquize Janice and reveal her dear and reckless self.
—James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
The sound was immense, seeming to ventriloquize the orchestra sitting silently by.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
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