as in hand puppet
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Recent Examples of rag doll
As Makar went behind his net to chase a loose puck, the Minnesota forward threw all 228 of his pounds into the 187-pound Colorado star, who lifted a shoulder late and just bounced off the glass like a rag doll.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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.
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Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
That drive, which included another sack where Burrow was tossed like a rag doll, was exactly what Bengals fans did not want to see.
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Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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
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
Without warning or notice the door opens and the bull bolted into the arena, throwing Horton around like a rag doll.
—
Jon-Michael Banks,
Kansas City Star,
31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rag doll
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In the mitt biz, this is broken down into the categories of mitten (looks like a large winter mitten); pincer, which has the thumb flap directly opposing the other fingers like a hand puppet (which is why they’re also called puppet mitts); and glove, which separates all five fingers.
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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.
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The script by Kevin Wade throws up hurdles of sexism and class snobbery, never sugarcoating how Tess’s male co-workers treat her like a blow-up doll.
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Rodrigo caught heat after performing in a baby-doll dress with bloomers beneath last month in Spain.
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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.
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Woo had to ask security to bring his wheelchair and a dolly.
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In a unique spin on the company’s Masters of the Universe action figure line, this year’s SDCC exclusive is the Masters of the Universe Chronicles Gym Bro Skeletor, which references a memorable moment from the new live-action MOTU movie.
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That sense of modernity has sometimes felt absent from the movies’ sweetly old-fashioned world, which features pull-string cowboy dolls and a shiny spaceman action figure.
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About 146 groups, made up of more than 1,400 participants, marched in the parade, with projects ranging from larger-than-life marionette dolls to squads of children in do-it-yourself costumes to mobile re-creations of LACMA’s most iconic art pieces.
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Clicking and clacking, a tiny wooden marionette lifts an apple to his mouth ad infinitum.
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The court also ordered the confiscation of gifts Kim had received, including a Van Cleef & Arpels diamond necklace, a Tiffany brooch, a Dior handbag, a storage case for a gold turtle figurine and a painting by famous Korean artist Lee Ufan.
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Jones said the enterprise technically began with a gift to Ana — a dragon figurine.
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But the guitar somehow survived… The trailers often show the KVIFF statuettes getting treated in funny and unconventional ways.
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Earlier this May, IAA officials said a child's chance discovery in the Negev Desert led to the identification of a 1,700-year-old Roman-era statuette fragment.
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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