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puppet

[puhp-it] / ˈpʌp ɪt /
NOUN
toy figure
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And her brother is also a puppet builder.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

If 19-year-old Lamine Yamal is the flair and creativity of the Spanish team, Rodri is the puppet master.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Warsh has insisted he will not be a puppet for Trump, and on Wednesday he reaffirmed the importance of the Fed's independence.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Leading the parade will be a giant puppet depicting Thomas Paine.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

It was Muriel’s creepy dancing puppet, only much bigger, and no longer guided by a rod in its back!

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

She once used hand puppets to help a client confront his anxieties about investing a family inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

The seemingly autonomous star, which stands 14-and-a-half inches tall, is actually a new-and-improved model of the various puppets used in “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

Wait till the latter toot off their tops, as each of the 100 new puppets is full of surprises.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

The crowd at the Indio festival, for instance, went wild for the puppets swooning to Ben Platt’s cover of Addison Rae’s hit tune “Diet Pepsi.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

The people sit around the table as if suspended, like props in a play, or puppets on strings.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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