figurehead
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The Hungarian president is a largely figurehead role, but Baka's rule promises to be tempestuous.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Don't worry about the dog, just answer the question," replied journalist Sarah Ferguson, who was grilling Joyce on his party leader Pauline Hanson's recent meeting with far-right British figurehead Tommy Robinson.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
After worrying that Homelander’s delusions of becoming a religious figurehead were too far-fetched, Kripke came to see that storyline “as a metaphor for the ultimate level of narcissism.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Kennedy last year had considered installing someone else to run the FDA while Makary remained a figurehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The bronze dragon figurehead glinted in the morning light.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
In Colonial-era America, sculpture was a craft, not an art, its practitioners artisans who fashioned utilitarian objects like ships’ figureheads and shop signs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The attacks against AI figureheads have no demonstrable ties to one another, nor do they claim affiliation with any shared organization.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Despite their lack of first-hand experience, the band have been described as "figureheads of a growing Y2K revival" by website MusicRadar.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
But when we first meet these central characters, they are not the figureheads for virtue.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
For indeed, we are nothing but figureheads to complex forces which seem to be under a kind of impulse.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Civilizations of East Asia and Southeast Asia, Lesson 4–7
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