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Recent Examples of hand puppet
Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
The infants were taught three tasks revolving around playing with hand puppets.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
He could be seen with what looked like a lady bug hand puppet.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2025
Over the years, several institutions, including this one, have figured out a peculiar but effective solution to that conundrum: A zookeeper does the feeding with a hand puppet that looks like an adult bird.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 May 2025
The life-like hand puppet used to feed the chick was designed and created by artists in the Bronx Zoo’s Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
Artists with the department created the hand puppet and carefully painted it to match the appearance of the real thing — right down to the distinctive red rings around the eyes.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tickle the funny bone as dueling hand puppets.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.
—John Russell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
Stewart then invited a rudimentary, hand puppet version of Elmo to join him on the show.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
The infants were taught three tasks revolving around playing with hand puppets.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
He could be seen with what looked like a lady bug hand puppet.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2025
Over the years, several institutions, including this one, have figured out a peculiar but effective solution to that conundrum: A zookeeper does the feeding with a hand puppet that looks like an adult bird.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 May 2025
The life-like hand puppet used to feed the chick was designed and created by artists in the Bronx Zoo’s Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
Artists with the department created the hand puppet and carefully painted it to match the appearance of the real thing — right down to the distinctive red rings around the eyes.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tickle the funny bone as dueling hand puppets.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.
—John Russell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Hand puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20puppet. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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