stooge

Example Sentences

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With Nick Mohammed, I said we would love it if you would kind of be my stooge, and then you’ve been nagging me so much that I get you hoisted up to the flies.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Then again, Myn has a reason for stonewalling Hera – he's an Imperial stooge wearing the cloak of a businessman.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2023

Truss turned out to be a stooge for Boris Johnson, Maureen Dowd writes.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022

Anyway, as an economics writer, this is all obviously exhausting, since talking about my beat using basic terminology now results in my mentions being flooded with accusations of being a propagandistic stooge.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2022

None of us would have expected it from Padre Gabriel, who was, we thought, a stooge substitute sent in after Padre de Jesus was arrested.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez