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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 animals could be controlled, in essence, like marionettes.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024

An air of phoniness looms over the characters, who appear like marionettes in Coté’s cool, distant tableaux.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

And there were women that also did these marionette shows, and they would wear ball gowns to work marionettes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

“The marionettes don’t just swing around in thin air over a couple of hay bales.”

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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