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This museum houses the largest collection of ventriloquial figures and memorabilia in the world.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2018

In her drawn and written introduction to “The Best American Comics 2008,” Ms. Barry copies other cartoonists’ styles, demonstrating the ventriloquial skills that helped her learn her craft.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2015

Further research led us to Beverly Messegee, an entertainer whose act includes ventriloquial yodelling with Erich, her inanimate sidekick.

From BBC • May 21, 2013

Those "ventriloquial skills" that annoyed David Robson had me mesmerised.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2010

The former has latterly lost nerve and prestige through a curious practical joke played upon his superstitious nature by a ventriloquial member of his cuadrilla.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.