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Recent Examples of marionette
There are marionettes, masks, shadow puppets and table top puppets.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
In 1963, Bob Baker and his partner Alton Wood found a run-down scenic shop in downtown Los Angeles to convert into what became a beloved theater where, for the next 5 decades, would surprise and delight guests with marionette shows.
—Erica Olsen, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
Avoid a tourist trap by choosing one displaying the official sticker of a Guignol marionette.
—John Brunton, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
In telling after telling, Dorothy is presented as the docile marionette of whatever man’s pulling her strings at the moment.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
In 1963, Bob Baker and his partner Alton Wood found a run-down scenic shop in downtown Los Angeles to convert into what became a beloved theater where, for the next 5 decades, would surprise and delight guests with marionette shows.
—Erica Olsen, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
Avoid a tourist trap by choosing one displaying the official sticker of a Guignol marionette.
—John Brunton, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
In telling after telling, Dorothy is presented as the docile marionette of whatever man’s pulling her strings at the moment.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marionette
Noun
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Inside, Sophie loves to play with her baby dolls and stuffed animals.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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For a slower start, slide into a table at Cucharita, where bright Lele dolls sway from the ceiling and good luck sheep line up by the cash register.—
Carrie Honaker,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The 750-ton building was placed onto 20 dollies and moved onto city property where it was ultimately restored and opened as a museum and events venue.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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The jet’s tail end was lifted onto a large dolly, which was then towed via long tethers by two vehicles driving side by side.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Teflon seal around a poppet, a thruster valve, expanded and started extruding out as the thruster headed up.—
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
5 Sep. 2024
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In the Old World, hexing your enemies required use of candle magick, mysterious sigils or poppet dolls impaled by needles; in 2021, Nessa Barrett turns hexes into dark-pop hits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2021
Noun
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The industry functions on a delicate infrastructure of intimidation, backbiting, and the occasional contract amid endless favors, yanking Aasmaan through its machinations like a rag doll in the wind.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
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That drive, which included another sack where Burrow was tossed like a rag doll, was exactly what Bengals fans did not want to see.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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The inclusion of a late Neolithic female figurine fragment from North Macedonia grounds the exhibition in deep time, underscoring the persistence of these forms.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Marionette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marionette. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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