marionette
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She also helped maintain Disney’s direct line to Fairyland, as Disney in 1957 would once again poach from Fairyland, this time puppeteer Bob Mills to run Disneyland’s budding marionette program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 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
Her mind functioned like a wooden mind, her body moved crookedly like a badly operated marionette, but she went steadily about her business.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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