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Recent Examples of figurehead
Chavez is the most visible figurehead of the Mexican American civil rights movement.
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Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
In the process, Stan becomes the unlikely figurehead for a grassroots campaign to uncover all sorts of uncomfortable truths and find power in community, driven by the local brand of heart, determination and a big portion of gallows humor.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Francis Rawdon, the scion of a wealthy Anglo-Irish Protestant family from County Down in the north of Ireland, was a dynamic army officer in his mid-20s and the perfect figurehead for this new regiment.
—Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
But now mired in a five-year NCAA Tournament drought and a coach removed from Jim Boeheim — the program’s totemic figurehead who won the 2003 national championship and more than 1,100 games during his 47-year tenure — what is Syracuse in the modern era, really?
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
In the process, Stan becomes the unlikely figurehead for a grassroots campaign to uncover all sorts of uncomfortable truths and find power in community, driven by the local brand of heart, determination and a big portion of gallows humor.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Francis Rawdon, the scion of a wealthy Anglo-Irish Protestant family from County Down in the north of Ireland, was a dynamic army officer in his mid-20s and the perfect figurehead for this new regiment.
—Cian T. McMahon, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
But now mired in a five-year NCAA Tournament drought and a coach removed from Jim Boeheim — the program’s totemic figurehead who won the 2003 national championship and more than 1,100 games during his 47-year tenure — what is Syracuse in the modern era, really?
—Brendan Marks, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurehead
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After losing her friend Yo, Anna spends a decade obsessively building a detailed one-third-scale replica of her house — just large enough to crawl inside — where a puppet version of Yo still lives.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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Historic Philadelphia is a nonprofit that offers interactive educational programs, walking tours, puppet shows for young children, and more.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The detentions come after a handful of other arrests months earlier, but Fúnez has long been pinpointed by local environmental and religious leaders as the man who spearheaded the assassination.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Unlike other Western leaders—and the foreign-policy establishment in Washington—Sánchez sees China in more pragmatic terms rather than as necessarily a strategic rival.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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That monetary intervention poured fuel on the 1999 tech rally, which then went bust in 2000.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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In fossil fuel extraction zones — the Permian Basin in Texas, the Bakken fields of North Dakota, oil regions across the Middle East — lights flicker violently in sync with drilling booms and busts, bearing little relation to broader economic trends.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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During the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Sofia’s brother, the late King Constantine II of Greece, won a gold medal as helmsman of the boat Nereus in Gulf of Naples.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
5 Feb. 2026
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Tether, the largest digital asset company on the planet, which has the largest global stablecoin market share, has just hired U.S. crypto kid Bo Hines, formerly the Director of the White House’s Crypto Council, as their CEO helmsman for their U.S. business.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sid spent much of the 1950s touring his marionettes in Europe and even appeared with Judy Garland as her opening act during the latter part of the decade.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, making marionettes entered the picture.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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BuzzFeed founder and current chief Jonah Peretti will transition to a new role as president of BuzzFeed AI.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Cara Sylvester, Target's merchandising chief, told CNBC that families with children visit stores twice as much as the average shopper.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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Additional offerings include a T-shirt and tote bag by Michael Kors, wooden nesting dolls by Thom Browne, a silk scarf by Tory Burch, Charlotte Chesnais jewelry and Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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The main space is filled with musical instruments, a Buddha statue, a Yoda doll, a skull, and glam platform boots perched atop a piano.—
Pamela Chelin,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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England, in theory, have players who can offer a decent facsimile of this (Elliot Anderson and Ezri Konsa, in particular), but Tuchel seems inclined to build his England squad around striker and captain Harry Kane over anyone else.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Up to 50 passengers showed symptoms consistent with acute digestive infection after the ship’s captain alerted French authorities on Tuesday evening, the statement said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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“Figurehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurehead. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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