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Recent Examples of figurehead
Imagine being the figurehead for tens of thousands of people every week.
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Sam Lee,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The danger is that such a figurehead would lack legitimacy.
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Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
20 May 2026
Carrying out the ritual in an effective manner took a back seat, at times, to landing a figurehead like Michelle Obama or Taylor Swift.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
The wooden figurehead of a female on the prow is rumored to be modeled after Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sanchez.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Sam Lee,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The danger is that such a figurehead would lack legitimacy.
—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
20 May 2026
Carrying out the ritual in an effective manner took a back seat, at times, to landing a figurehead like Michelle Obama or Taylor Swift.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
The wooden figurehead of a female on the prow is rumored to be modeled after Bezos’ wife, Lauren Sanchez.
—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurehead
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Bird featured John Candy, Chevy Chase and Dave Thomas as well as the marquee puppets.
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In the mitt biz, this is broken down into the categories of mitten (looks like a large winter mitten); pincer, which has the thumb flap directly opposing the other fingers like a hand puppet (which is why they’re also called puppet mitts); and glove, which separates all five fingers.
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Downtown Sacramento businesses remain skeptical that the state’s July return-to-office mandate affecting roughly 95,000 employees will actually materialize, even as foot traffic sits at 85% of April 2019 levels and local leaders rethink the urban core’s heavy reliance on office space.
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The concerns have drawn the attention of city leaders.
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The product was first developed by a French company Sederma, as a non-hormonal, bust-enhancing ingredient.
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Crafted in plush pink tone, the dress also featured jeweled elements near the neckline and on the bust of the dress.
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Corlys orders his men to thread the rocky Dragonstone pass at low tide, even relieving the helmsman of the ship’s wheel at the crucial moment.
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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.
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About 146 groups, made up of more than 1,400 participants, marched in the parade, with projects ranging from larger-than-life marionette dolls to squads of children in do-it-yourself costumes to mobile re-creations of LACMA’s most iconic art pieces.
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Clicking and clacking, a tiny wooden marionette lifts an apple to his mouth ad infinitum.
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At this point, Larry the cat, the Downing Street chief mouser, may be one of the country's few remaining sources of political continuity.
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Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY, has covered 12 presidential elections and seven presidents.
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As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
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Mattel Creations On Wednesday, eight months after the licensing agreement with Netflix was struck, Mattel announced the pending releases of the first dolls in the toymaker’s KPop Demon Hunters line.
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Both Canada's Cyle Larin and Switzerland's captain Granit Xhaka earned yellow cards in a spicy fight that had both sides arguing on the pitch.
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Messi currently plays forward and captains both Inter Miami CF (which is co-owned by former English football star David Beckham) and the Argentina national team.
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“Figurehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurehead. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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