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puppet show

NOUN
entertainment by puppets
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For the price of a regular movie ticket, the Roxy’s patrons could also watch the singer, the puppet show and the comedian, live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

It’s a magnification of childhood playtime, a puppet show in which the puppets have broken loose from the puppeteers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

That same "uninteresting" persona was even lampooned by notorious ITV puppet show Spitting Image - a dubious honour usually reserved for heads of state, top ranking politicians and Hollywood celebrities.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

They can leave whenever they’re ready, and announce their new identity, but only after they expel their stories before the others in a puppet show.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2023

Jutta and Claudia Forster have taken three of the younger girls to a puppet show in the market; Jutta has spoken no more than six words to Werner since his return.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr



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