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as in dolly
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Recent Examples of doll
Stanichi noted that the face of the doll has actually changed almost every 10 years.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 June 2026
Momsen won't answer if she's ever owned a voodoo doll.
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Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
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Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
23 June 2026
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 June 2026
Momsen won't answer if she's ever owned a voodoo doll.
—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
Lawn Ornaments Too many lawn ornaments, such as gnomes, fairies, dolls, or flamingos, read as tacky to Emily Roose, the founder of Emily Roose Interiors.
—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doll
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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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Simon Adingra opened the scoring for Sunderland here, after a lovely through ball from their best player this season, Granit Xhaka.
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It is based on a screenplay and directed by the theater’s veteran puppeteer Florian Moch, who has brought the story’s underwater world and colourful community of fish to life through traditional puppetry, crafting most of the puppets himself.
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Beyond the music, there are festive parades, workshops for making puppets or gardening, a 5K run, yoga, silent discos and much more.
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Pampers Swaddlers These tried-and-true diapers, available in preemie sizes—plus larger sizes for growing babes—are a must-have for life with a newborn.
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Follow the babe with the power into Jim Henson’s gloriously weird fantasy wonderland, where goblins sing, doors argue, and David Bowie’s Goblin King serves enough glam-rock charisma to power an entire kingdom.
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There’s nothing more satisfying than a poolside lunch or candlelit dinner on the beach, where your three courses total up to less than 600 calories and are still doing your brain, beauty, and microbiome good.
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All of our differences, all of our uniqueness, that’s the beauty, ya’ll.
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Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
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There are numerous color choices, including toffee, fox, mood indigo, soft pink, blue pearl, lava rock, and toasted coconuts.
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If this cutie hasn’t submitted it by now, then his night just got way longer.
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Fans are already in love with Tyler Hynes' Pomeranian named Rusty James, Erin Cahill's cutie Crumpet, Jonathan Bennett's buddy Brad, and Victor Webster's bestie Nova, to name a few.
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Meta, Oracle, Microsoft and other big tech companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees, while simultaneously investing billions in AI data centers.
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Russia’s forces are taking tens of thousands of casualties, according to independent analysts and Western intelligence assessment.
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doll. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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