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Recent Examples of figurehead
Sharpton said Jackson was the most influential figurehead in his life and showed him how to stand up to injustices.
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Allen Devlin, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
But Hanson otherwise had little power as the first president of the United States in Congress Assembled and was essentially a figurehead.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
There may be a trickle-down factor at play there, symbolically and otherwise, with the festival’s figurehead being the woman who is the best known among all pop stars for being eager to share her stage on just about any occasion, whether with elder legends or complete unknowns.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
So why did Colvin not become the figurehead of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
—Essence, 15 Jan. 2026
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Allen Devlin, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
But Hanson otherwise had little power as the first president of the United States in Congress Assembled and was essentially a figurehead.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
There may be a trickle-down factor at play there, symbolically and otherwise, with the festival’s figurehead being the woman who is the best known among all pop stars for being eager to share her stage on just about any occasion, whether with elder legends or complete unknowns.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
So why did Colvin not become the figurehead of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
—Essence, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurehead
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Children’s activities will include bounce houses, face painting, a puppet show and a balloon twister.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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When planning a war to install a puppet regime, a smart president, or even one of average intelligence, would grasp the importance of not killing the puppets beforehand.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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The conflict was sparked by Hezbollah targeting Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, breaking a 2024 ceasefire that in any case had largely failed.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Now that local leaders have cleared the way, CoreCivic can begin accepting detainees under its $60 million-a-year contract with ICE.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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In 2014, Bolsonaro, then just a congressman, spit on a bust of Paiva erected to honor his memory during the coup’s 50th anniversary in Congress.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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For decades, memory stocks were stuck in a trader's game, a boom-bust-repeat pattern, but executives now say that AI has structurally broken the old cycle, and prices are showing no signs of coming down.—
Kristina Partsinevelos,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 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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Natalie Haynes fleshes out the backstories of her cast—Jason, a handsome ship captain on a quest for the Golden Fleece, the scheming sorceress Medea, and Olympian deities toying with mortals like marionettes—and imbues them all with contemporary vibes.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
3 Mar. 2026
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There are marionettes, masks, shadow puppets and table top puppets.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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Yet the chief said the fire intensity from the new grasses is not as strong as from the native plants.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The chief of the AMIA investigative unit also issued an international arrest warrant for Ali Asghar Hejazi, a senior Iranian official described as a close aide to Khamenei who so far has apparently survived the attacks on Iran’s leadership.—
Juan Melamed,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Anything that, say, the cultish brand Supreme stamped its blocky logo on—a brick, a voodoo doll, a functional fire extinguisher—and issued as a drop became an overnight fetish object.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Smith carried a mini top-handle style shaped like a doll house.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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Pike believed the captain was from Engine 69, which would have been McIndoe.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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On Baywatch, the wild child Hobie Buchannon (Amell) from the original series is now a Baywatch captain, following in the footsteps of his legendary father Mitch (played by David Hasselhoff in the OG series).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Figurehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurehead. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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