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puppet

[puhp-it] / ˈpʌp ɪt /
NOUN
toy figure
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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

Leading the parade will be a giant puppet depicting Thomas Paine.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Warsh has insisted he will not be a puppet for Trump, and on Wednesday he reaffirmed the importance of the Fed's independence.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Wearing a handmade sock puppet with large googly eyes she found at Walmart, Esquivel read “Snuggle Puppy!” in a high-pitched voice as her teenage daughter recorded.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

It wasn’t the first time I noticed this — how Renee kind of swished around in a cloud of perfume, and Annette just popped up like some spastic hand puppet.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

She once used hand puppets to help a client confront his anxieties about investing a family inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

The seemingly autonomous star, which stands 14-and-a-half inches tall, is actually a new-and-improved model of the various puppets used in “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

The crowd at the Indio festival, for instance, went wild for the puppets swooning to Ben Platt’s cover of Addison Rae’s hit tune “Diet Pepsi.”

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

“It’s not necessarily a financial hurdle,” Evans says, noting “Choo Choo Revue” cost $300,000, with about half of that sum dedicated to the creation of new puppets and scenery.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

I had been about to say that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were mere puppets, not men, but I thought better of it.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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