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Recent Examples of marionette
But for anyone with a taste for operatic violence and fountains of blood as shotgun and assault rifle blasts send bodies flying in slo-mo or dancing like convulsive marionettes, Gareth Evans’ gritty neo-noir will be just the ticket.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
At times, Expedition 33 feels like a twisted fairy tale, something akin to Alice in Wonderland but far more French (complete with mimes and marionettes).
—PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Or make that 27, because Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber, sometimes shakes a leg too.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
As marionette puppets bring his unfinished book to life, family and friends unveil the real person behind the provocative public persona in this captivating documentary.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
At times, Expedition 33 feels like a twisted fairy tale, something akin to Alice in Wonderland but far more French (complete with mimes and marionettes).
—PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
Or make that 27, because Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber, sometimes shakes a leg too.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
As marionette puppets bring his unfinished book to life, family and friends unveil the real person behind the provocative public persona in this captivating documentary.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marionette
Noun
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Surrounded by photography books, four American Girl dolls regarded us from an alcove.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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This time, however, the doll is unnesting nearly three years after launch.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Just a few doors down, surrounded by insulation and a bent garage door held together by a string, Todd Wright put together a new dolly.—
Keisha Rowe,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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The deliverymen with their dollies and boxes, ready with their tags.—
Mona Awad,
New Yorker,
20 July 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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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
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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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Radiocarbon dating methods were used to determine the age of the material used to craft these figurines, with results at the time suggesting the driftwood was more than 35,000 years old.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Much like her life, Hansford's office is a juxtaposition of dog figurines and case files sprawled over the desk and onto the floor.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
10 July 2025
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“Marionette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marionette. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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