as in hand puppet
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Recent Examples of rag doll
Without warning or notice the door opens and the bull bolted into the arena, throwing Horton around like a rag doll.
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Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025
Cat breeds that are most likely to accept dogs into their life include Maine coons, rag dolls, and Siamese.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
While some cat breeds, such as rag dolls or Maine coons, are considered more sociable, the researchers did not examine differences in behavior based on breed.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
Woods gets his title and cover art from a type of rag doll, a racist caricature once common in British and American culture.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
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Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025
Cat breeds that are most likely to accept dogs into their life include Maine coons, rag dolls, and Siamese.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
While some cat breeds, such as rag dolls or Maine coons, are considered more sociable, the researchers did not examine differences in behavior based on breed.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
Woods gets his title and cover art from a type of rag doll, a racist caricature once common in British and American culture.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rag doll
Noun
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Nana bought shark and snake hand puppets as gifts for them.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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The tipping point came in flashback, during which the tiny turtle monster is told a violent bedtime story by his father, with the benefit of crude but charming hand puppets and cardboard sets.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The maker of Hot Wheels, American Girl and Uno has recently confronted a challenging market for toys, beset by tariffs on goods produced overseas and weaker-than-expected demand for Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price preschool products.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Again, Lopez drew inspiration from the 2000s with a frosty lavender eyeshadow framed with dramatic black doll-like lashes.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Tuesday, surveillance video shows an SUV pull up and two people enter the back door of Hushcha's loft with a dolly.—
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Woo had to ask security to bring his wheelchair and a dolly.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The show's writers subsequently did their best to accommodate the strange whims of action figure designers on the hunt for more and more playable designs.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
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The wariness went away when Trap Jaw shows up and looks like the old action figure.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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Sid spent much of the 1950s touring his marionettes in Europe and even appeared with Judy Garland as her opening act during the latter part of the decade.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, making marionettes entered the picture.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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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
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Autobiographies of Dick Van Dyke and the children’s musician Raffi, along with a talking Mister Rogers figurine, sit on bookshelves.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Dedicated to vintage Asian cinema, the interior is brimming with Godzilla figurines and anime posters under the glow of Japanese paper lanterns.—
Mariette Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2026
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And for both Paramount+ and Peacock, those eyeballs might matter more long term than any statuettes being handed out during the ceremony itself.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The film won six statuettes in all, including Best Film Editing for Marcia Lucas, Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew, and Best Original Score for John Williams.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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