marionette
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No one wants to be a Roth IRA marionette.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Fashion and culture magazine Dazed said it "captured the public's imagination with its broken marionette looks and Pat McGrath's glassy, porcelain make-up".
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
And in Burbank, a group of kids ages 9 to 14 known as the Zuppeteers is putting on marionette shows with “no entrance fee and no outside stressors,” according to its Instagram page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
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 marionette strings are cut, and even her head looks wobbly on its post.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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
Another crucial inspiration during the initial development of the character was the work of Royal de Luxe, a street theater company based in Nantes, France, that specializes in creating large-scale marionettes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
“How else are we going to cart twenty marionettes into town?”
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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