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Recent Examples of rag doll
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.
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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
Jessie is the cowgirl rag doll who first appeared in 1999’s Toy Story 2 and was voiced by Joan Cusack.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
What defined the song beyond that, though, was Elliott’s ability to toss around language like a rag doll and unashamedly wearing her sexuality proud.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
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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
Jessie is the cowgirl rag doll who first appeared in 1999’s Toy Story 2 and was voiced by Joan Cusack.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025
What defined the song beyond that, though, was Elliott’s ability to toss around language like a rag doll and unashamedly wearing her sexuality proud.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rag doll
Noun
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Stewart then invited a rudimentary, hand puppet version of Elmo to join him on the show.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
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The infants were taught three tasks revolving around playing with hand puppets.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Labubu is a doll that resembles a monster, featuring a large head, sharp teeth and prominent eyes.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Annabelle has been in so many movies now, to the point of being overused (the real doll has even been suspected of paranormal activity recently).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The vehicle barriers resemble massive metal dollies that can be rolled to different locations.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The clever bit is that neither truck nor trailer requires modification to accept the dolly, which connects to a truck’s standard fifth-wheel hitch but supplies a smart kingpin.—
Ian Baker
July 22,
New Atlas,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Addams is entering the realm of high-end collectibles with a 12-inch scale Hot Toys action figure.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Several dozen people sat at folding tables facing Hageman’s lectern; a woman in the row ahead of me fiddled with military action figures.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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If the Giuseppe marionette from And Just Like That is still giving you the kind of nightmares that plague Sebastiano Pigazzi's character, don't worry.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Aug. 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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According to Google Trends, searches in the fluffy figurine with a grin of spiky teeth peaked in the week of July 13 to 19, and has since seen a gradual decline.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The trio posed next to a two-tier cake with a figurine of Swift singing on top in honor of her Speak Now World Tour in 2011 in support of her third studio album, Speak Now.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The real question is whether the Academy is ready to give Anderson his overdue statuette.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this year, Saldaña, 47, won her first Oscar, taking home the statuette for Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Pérez.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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