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Recent Examples of stooge
Worse, this is the sort of thriller in which the stooges hired from Rent-a-Minion are such lousy shots that there’s never any doubt that all of them will eventually be terminated, either by Guy and his makeshift weaponry or their impatient employer.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 27 June 2025
John Bolton, Trump's former National Security Advisor just called Trump's top Middle East adviser Steve Witkoff a Russian stooge.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
So the new senator needs to be a stooge who ensures the deal sails through.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Many, noting Minsk’s extensive dependence on Moscow, view Lukashenko as little more than a puppet or stooge of the Russian president, and Belarus as a sort of vassal state.
—Artyom Shraibman, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2023
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 27 June 2025
John Bolton, Trump's former National Security Advisor just called Trump's top Middle East adviser Steve Witkoff a Russian stooge.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
So the new senator needs to be a stooge who ensures the deal sails through.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Many, noting Minsk’s extensive dependence on Moscow, view Lukashenko as little more than a puppet or stooge of the Russian president, and Belarus as a sort of vassal state.
—Artyom Shraibman, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stooge
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But times have changed, and this team of buffoons is forced to grapple with changing industry ethics and sensationalist journalism in its transition, all while Ron faces an identity crisis that challenges his bravado, his massive ego.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Pepper-like buffoon and the style is best described as a blend of Monty Python and Howard Zinn.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
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Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey Stephen Miller searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff threatens to arrest Morticia on account of aiding and abetting a murderer, but Gomez points out that these clowns (the cops) abandoned Nevermore to protect Normies at Pilgrim World.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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While the film wasn't a hit with critics or audiences, Gaga nonetheless had some eye-popping looks on the press tour, sporting bold red hair and clown-like attire to evoke the comic chaos of her character.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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This has become a notable concern about how AI as a sycophant is potentially impacting society at large, which could have alarming mental health consequences on a population-level basis further down the road (see my analysis at the link here).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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He’s surrounded mostly by true believers and sycophants and able to engage somewhat freely in various forms of government dismantling and corruption.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
22 July 2025
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Rideshare posers have also allegedly raped passengers.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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This was a bit of a poser for planetary scientists.—
David Szondy
July 27,
New Atlas,
27 July 2025
Noun
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The citizens of Venezuela don't deserve to live under the tyrannical rule of Maduro or any of his henchmen!—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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But things just continue to go wrong for both the brains of the operation (Al Pacino) and his henchman (John Cazale).—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Learn more about management options and which food plants are most susceptible to this insect in our harlequin bug on vegetables web page.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2025
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Pity the poor actor who has to co-star opposite a 150-pound harlequin Great Dane.—
Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Apr. 2025
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Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Later in the season, Ellie — now trying to hunt down Abby to deliver the same fate to her — brutally kills Nora, one of Abby's minions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Stooge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stooge. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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