cat's-paw

Example Sentences

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The Tesla board, therefore, has once again behaved as Musk’s cat’s-paw.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

But it must begin with so-far-absent strategic analysis that includes keeping us from being a cat’s-paw for others’ ambitions.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2016

His cat's-paw presented itself in the shape of Millais.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2013

The last race of the series was sailed on one of those muggy, misty afternoons when a cat's-paw, brushing the surface of the Sound, was visible for half a mile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tillie Nachman, who could count precisely, said, "But that's only four gifts, and there were five cat's-paw invitations."

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg