marionettes

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My timings, my instincts, the way that I thought, the way I saw it in my head could be expressed through these really high-tech marionettes on a computer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Men who couldn’t, or worse, didn’t want to, were portrayed as marionettes tied to and practically strangled by their mothers’ apron strings.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Before that, Evans didn’t think much about marionettes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

"In the 1940s marionettes were the predominant style of puppetry, then television came along with The Muppets and that become the predominant image of puppetry," Mr Mander said.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022

“The marionettes don’t just swing around in thin air over a couple of hay bales.”

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker