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marionette

[mar-ee-uh-net] / ˌmær i əˈnɛt /


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No one wants to be a Roth IRA marionette.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Interestingly enough, when I was growing up, there was a touring marionette theater of Richardson that was one of the first places that excited me towards puppets,” Ortiz recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Street performing in the square dates back to 1662 at least, when Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary about a marionette show.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

At one point, he seems to become a marionette: the vertical line of the microphone stand dividing him in two, with gyrating arms and legs seemingly independent of each other.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banisters glare like lightning rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1712 S. Glendale Ave. will celebrate from noon until 3 p.m. with marigolds, Catrina and spirit guide artworks, community altars, marionettes, folklorico and mariachi performances, arts and crafts, face painting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

The animals could be controlled, in essence, like marionettes.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024

An air of phoniness looms over the characters, who appear like marionettes in Coté’s cool, distant tableaux.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

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

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker


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