doll
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In the old “Uncle Remus” stories the “tar baby” was a decoy, a doll made from a mixture of tar and turpentine by the crafty Br’er Fox to catch the elusive Br’er Rabbit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He answers to the nickname "Bougie" -- reportedly given him by his Egyptian-born mother, who mixed the French word for doll "poupee" with its Hebrew equivalent "buba".
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
On screen, even 2023's smash-hit Barbie showed the iconic doll expressing frustration with her supposedly picture-perfect world.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
She saw the child, who was fully dressed with gloves on, and thought it was a doll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"We know there's a doll in there, Nadine," George said.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
As Ms. FitzSimons writes, “the dolls weren’t based on the books; the books weren’t based on the dolls.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"There are days when I can't sleep," Navarro told AFP at his flat, where a battered pram containing two well-worn dolls stood by the entrance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
"It's sort of like Russian nesting dolls because you have grog within grog within grog. You can trace this back several generations of pots," Wallis said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The auction features Pee-wee’s iconic gray suit and other costumes, red Schwinn bicycles, dolls, puppets, claymation figures, scripts and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"I know all the City Girls dolls," Deirdre said.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
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