stooge

As Hofsø looks on, the stooge throws a butterfly net over the unsuspecting Støre.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024

Then as now, I am for the stooge, the one with the energy, the cockeyed view of the world, the nut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Then again, Myn has a reason for stonewalling Hera – he's an Imperial stooge wearing the cloak of a businessman.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2023

“He was a stooge from the beginning,” Mr. Sannikov said.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2023

Perhaps Maddie was more of a backseat driver than a stooge.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Take, for instance, the three stooges of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

But the music is anything but impersonal, and the album’s biggest hit, “Crossover,” is an indictment of sellouts and corporate stooges.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

Only difference is instead of the three stooges, it’s the five stooges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

The press stooges gasp over his use of social media for shameless self-promotion.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2017

The student body watched with glee as Leon’s stooges tried to scotch-tape the posters to the wall at the rear of the stage.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

Back in the U.S., he stooged for other entertainers, even held fans for Sally Rand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Anything else is just "stooging," which is flyers' slang for pooping around.

From Time Magazine Archive

Georgia drifted into a period of stooging for most of the top funny men: Hope, Durante, Frank Morgan, Milton Berle, Danny Kaye.

From Time Magazine Archive