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Recent Examples of marionette
But these Titans aren’t going to be manned behind a curtain like a marionette.
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Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Giuseppe’s roommate is a creepy old man who enters his room unannounced with an Annabelle-ish marionette carved and painted in Giuseppe’s likeness.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
The puppeteers then worked from the artist’s sculptures to make sturdier marionettes for performance.
—Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon, New York Times, 24 July 2025
On a recent Sunday, the kid’s activities center also featured a marionette puppet show, crafts and games
A new sweet spot in town is Petals Creamery, located at 5 N. Santa Cruz Ave.
—Debby Rice, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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Megan Dubois, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Giuseppe’s roommate is a creepy old man who enters his room unannounced with an Annabelle-ish marionette carved and painted in Giuseppe’s likeness.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
The puppeteers then worked from the artist’s sculptures to make sturdier marionettes for performance.
—Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon, New York Times, 24 July 2025
On a recent Sunday, the kid’s activities center also featured a marionette puppet show, crafts and games
A new sweet spot in town is Petals Creamery, located at 5 N. Santa Cruz Ave.
—Debby Rice, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marionette
Noun
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Their streets are lined with lush trees and their Victorian homes are like doll houses, painted in pastels and boasting masterful woodwork that draws crowds of admirers.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Despite the recent popularity of Labubu dolls, the critters — according to POP MART's official website, which sells Labubu and other blind box toys — originated in 2015 thanks to artist Kasing Lung, who created a trio of picture books inspired by Nordic mythology.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then the chandelier behind was real explosions, the camera team moving the dolly in sequence with Alex [Lawther] acting in the foreground of the whole thing going off in what was essentially one or two seconds.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Crowds formed behind barricades; cameras mounted on dollies glided above fashion insiders, who flitted around like exotic fish in a gilded aquarium.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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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One dedicated fan showed up in full crow cosplay, matching the aesthetic of her latest album cover, while another brought a detailed toy wooden replica of Cardi — complimented with pictures of her kids engraved on the figurine’s box.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Boone and Gorvy turn toward a display by Haim Steinbach, a shelf topped with ceramic figurines and a trio of black-and-white cornflakes boxes.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Marionette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marionette. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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