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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

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

A classic marionette might have eight to 10 strings.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

She reminded Armpit of a marionette who was also her own puppeteer.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

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

She learned how to create marionettes, write scripts and perform.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

And there were women that also did these marionette shows, and they would wear ball gowns to work marionettes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

Built in the 1980s, its use declined as long-string marionettes fell out of fashion in favour of glove and rod puppets like The Muppets.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022

“How else are we going to cart twenty marionettes into town?”

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker


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