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doll

[dol] / dɒl /




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“May this doll remind every child and every collector that dreams have no limits, excellence leaves a lasting imprint, and true greatness never goes out of style.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Kreitzman also has a curator - Jaime Freestone , external- who often stays over and keeps displays like the one with a multitude of ancient Egyptian busts and doll heads in order.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Both books take the reader to a startlingly large number of places, beyond the 13 colonies, in what Ms. Pearsall terms this “Russian doll of a war.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Setup: Woody, a pull-string doll from the 1950s and the favorite of his owner Andy, feels threatened by the newfangled interloper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

By the time the rest of us caught up with Aunt Kitty, she was lying in the road looking limp as a rag doll.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Following his Olympic feat in Beijing, Phelps received offers for book and movie deals, bobblehead dolls, statues, tuxedos and free dental work, among other things, as WSJ reported at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The gains were partially offset by the company’s dolls and infant, toddler and preschool categories, where gross billings fell 5% and 11%, respectively, primarily due to declines in Barbie and Fisher-Price.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

"She would line up her dolls on the couch and say: 'I am your teacher. I'm in primary school now, so I am a teacher.'"

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Since the late 1960s, Saar has transformed washboards, dolls, clocks, family photographs, racist memorabilia and other salvaged materials into emotionally charged assemblages now held in the permanent collections of more than 60 museums.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Some neighbor girls in the old mill village had played with those same grass dolls.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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