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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

Fincher said the hard part was giving the marionettes a feeling of suspension.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 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

"In the 1940s marionettes were the predominant style of puppetry, then television came along with The Muppets and that become the predominant image of puppetry," Mr Mander said.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2022

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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