figurehead
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Only evidence will win over every doubter within Rangers' support, who have also lamented the lack of a figurehead during a tumultuous period of managerial upheaval.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Yet those who know Khan say she is unlikely to serve as a figurehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ed Miliband became foreign minister, Wes Streeting -- who abandoned plans to run against Burnham for the Labour leadership -- was named defence minister, and left-wing figurehead Angela Rayner returned to government.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
After worrying that Homelander’s delusions of becoming a religious figurehead were too far-fetched, Kripke came to see that storyline “as a metaphor for the ultimate level of narcissism.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Whatever we might think of this imposing man in his pointed hat, he is a figurehead who represents the will of Kilanga.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The attacks against AI figureheads have no demonstrable ties to one another, nor do they claim affiliation with any shared organization.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Han argues that movements do not require charismatic figureheads.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
But on Sunday, it rallied around one of Wall Street’s most recognizable figureheads: the 72-year-old Fed chair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Now vaguely older, the girls have become figureheads for opposing sides, with Glinda an Emerald City influencer and Elphaba an animal rights activist: the lime-colored embodiment of Greenpeace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
For indeed, we are nothing but figureheads to complex forces which seem to be under a kind of impulse.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Revolution in Our Time
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Civilizations of East Asia and Southeast Asia, Lesson 4–7
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