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marionettes

NOUN
puppet show
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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

The duo was accompanied by vintage marionettes and their handlers, who played backup dancers in the shapes of jellyfish, cats and aliens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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

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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