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puppet

[puhp-it] / ˈpʌp ɪt /
NOUN
toy figure
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The design tends to overwhelm the drama, like giant swaths of bunting decking out a puppet show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They married four months later, dropped out school and launched their television evangelism careers as hosts of a children’s puppet show on Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

In the basement: what I believe are my first pair of hockey skates, a broken papier-mâché Groucho Marx puppet, and a Green Bay Packers helmet I hand-painted in fourth grade.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

I like going to the coffee shop where the barista remembers that I take my mint tea iced and unsweetened, and I remember that she has a puppet showcase coming up.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

He swept the puppet over a bale of hay and dropped it onto the wooden egg in the big tin bowl that Vola had painted to look like a nest.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

Glass Half Full works extensively with puppets, and this production is no exception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The lavish production features fantastic gargoyle-like puppets who populate the "bardo," a space after death where tortured souls reside, unable to move beyond their past lives.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

The gallery was the first to hold public exhibitions on many subjects, from Chinese basket weaving to puppets and knots, but the curators wisely avoid covering every past show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The vines from the banyan tree hung over us like they were waiting to turn us into puppets.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya


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