cat's-paw
Example Sentences
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The Tesla board, therefore, has once again behaved as Musk’s cat’s-paw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
But it must begin with so-far-absent strategic analysis that includes keeping us from being a cat’s-paw for others’ ambitions.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2016
His cat's-paw presented itself in the shape of Millais.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2013
The last race of the series was sailed on one of those muggy, misty afternoons when a cat's-paw, brushing the surface of the Sound, was visible for half a mile.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw them pick up their cat's-paw invitations and walk over to the band where I was standing beside my red wagon.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
