marionette
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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
He starts toward us with the awkward gait of a marionette.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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
“Initially, when I pitched the show I wanted to do an Almodóvar film with marionettes and Adult Swim very wisely said, ‘This is going to create more complications for you,’” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
The animals could be controlled, in essence, like marionettes.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
He looked behind him at the four crude pine crates the marionettes were packed in, strapped to the back.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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