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marionette

[mar-ee-uh-net] / ˌmær i əˈnɛt /


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It can also reduce the appearance of pores and minimize wrinkles like marionette lines, which go from the nose to the mouth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

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

But at the same time he had a kind of grace, like a well- handled marionette.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit




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