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a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
gave her a puppet with strings for a gift
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Recent Examples of puppet
Lifelike dinosaur puppets provide a roaring good time with plenty of comical audience participation.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Done by Weta Works, Black Sheep uses puppets for most of its infected ruminants.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Dressed in a full-body recreation of the original puppet from the film, Monáe modeled a number of iconic looks from the movie, including the famous dress-up scene between the alien and Drew Barrymore’s character.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Some of puppets ride swings, others push firewood carts, smiling eerily at visitors.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
Done by Weta Works, Black Sheep uses puppets for most of its infected ruminants.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Dressed in a full-body recreation of the original puppet from the film, Monáe modeled a number of iconic looks from the movie, including the famous dress-up scene between the alien and Drew Barrymore’s character.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Some of puppets ride swings, others push firewood carts, smiling eerily at visitors.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement Since then, every new release and restock of the plush dolls has sold out within minutes in stores and within seconds online.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The most recent career dolls include STEM careers, Congresswomen and athletes, like American fencer, Ibtihaj Muhammad. Personally, from a fashion standpoint, the Karl Lagerfeld barbie doll is a standout.Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The film stars the peerless Toshiro Mifune — wearing a huge, fluffy red wig, no less — as a samurai who becomes a pawn in a political power struggle when he’s sent to his hometown to announce the emperor’s latest tax cuts.Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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David Wasco: The pawn shop basement was also a set.Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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More digital tools than ever before have come to market to address the ongoing loneliness epidemic.Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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On the white marble counter of the open kitchen lie six or seven tools neatly arranged by size, including a power drill, a hammer, and a handsaw.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Step aside Disney princesses, vampires and minions – another Halloween costume may have joined the list of most popular getups for 2024: Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
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The MacGuffin that causes Knull’s generic, interstellar cockroach minions to hunt down Venom/Brock on Earth is a lifeforce-slash-tracking-device known as the Codex.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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