as in hand puppet
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Recent Examples of rag doll
Two pit bulls latched onto Avery, tugging her like a rag doll.
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Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Fisk easily takes control, beating him relentlessly and throwing him around like a rag doll.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Viewers see Twiggy applying her distinctive black eyelashes (three sets on top, and painted spikes on the bottom) that mimicked those of the rag doll in her bedroom.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Consider folding forward and hanging like a rag doll with your hands holding onto opposite elbows and the weight of your head pulling you downward.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Fisk easily takes control, beating him relentlessly and throwing him around like a rag doll.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Viewers see Twiggy applying her distinctive black eyelashes (three sets on top, and painted spikes on the bottom) that mimicked those of the rag doll in her bedroom.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 14 Mar. 2025
Consider folding forward and hanging like a rag doll with your hands holding onto opposite elbows and the weight of your head pulling you downward.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rag doll
Noun
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Over the years, several institutions, including this one, have figured out a peculiar but effective solution to that conundrum: A zookeeper does the feeding with a hand puppet that looks like an adult bird.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
2 May 2025
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The life-like hand puppet used to feed the chick was designed and created by artists in the Bronx Zoo’s Exhibition and Graphic Arts Department.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Is a demonic doll touring the U.S. to blame for the mishaps in Louisiana?—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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This year, Hasbro also released a new Jem doll to celebrate the series’ anniversary.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Dutro specializes in fabricating equipment like hand trucks, carts and dollies, so a vehicular trailer in the hot overland adventure market is a natural extension of its talents.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Apr. 2025
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The soundless video shows a worker walking toward the black and white colored chopper that has its main rotor blade tied to a dolly.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The reason why this is curious is that while shows like Kamen Rider and Ultraman get loads of action figures, characters from mecha anime tend not to get the same treatment.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Graphic designer Joey Donatelli is the illustrator behind the Trixie Cosmetic action figure.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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But for anyone with a taste for operatic violence and fountains of blood as shotgun and assault rifle blasts send bodies flying in slo-mo or dancing like convulsive marionettes, Gareth Evans’ gritty neo-noir will be just the ticket.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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At times, Expedition 33 feels like a twisted fairy tale, something akin to Alice in Wonderland but far more French (complete with mimes and marionettes).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Teflon seal around a poppet, a thruster valve, expanded and started extruding out as the thruster headed up.—
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
5 Sep. 2024
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In the Old World, hexing your enemies required use of candle magick, mysterious sigils or poppet dolls impaled by needles; in 2021, Nessa Barrett turns hexes into dark-pop hits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Pictures show multiple figurines with human face shapes, along with scattered artifacts, including jugs and pottery fragments.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Two of the bone figurines were also found in these burials.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 May 2025
Noun
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In addition to the Best Picture Oscar, John Ridley won for Best Adapted Screenplay and Lupita Nyong'o took home the statuette for Best Supporting Actress.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
15 May 2025
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On top of Parasite’s success at the Oscars — the film also took the statuette for Best International Feature in addition to Bong Joon Ho’s three wins — Parasite had an enormously successful run at the box office.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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