figurehead

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

Statues of independence hero Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 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

Kennedy last year had considered installing someone else to run the FDA while Makary remained a figurehead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

When she got to the figurehead, she put her hand on Festus’s neck.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

In Colonial-era America, sculpture was a craft, not an art, its practitioners artisans who fashioned utilitarian objects like ships’ figureheads and shop signs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Maggie Thatcher came a few years before Reagan, but they were closely allied and historically linked as figureheads of the triumphant New Right.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

A MIT report and commentary from figureheads like Sam Altman over the summer sparked the market paranoia that has caused investors to increasingly sour on AI’s prospects.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

Fittingly, two of the figureheads of the 'old PSG' - who were more about egos than a team - were both on the wrong side of 4-0 hammerings in the US.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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