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ventriloquist

[ven-tril-uh-kwist] / vɛnˈtrɪl ə kwɪst /


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And to consider her as existing separate from her creators is like imagining that the ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy could have a career, and an agent, separate from the real performer Edgar Bergen.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 2026

Being a magician in a movie is a bit like being a ventriloquist on the radio: What’s the point?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

So when their sons initially insisted on trying to become actors, both Rick and his wife, Jeanine — who was an amateur ventriloquist — reacted positively.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2024

Over the past four years it is alleged that she manipulated the mayor in person and by phone with remarkable ventriloquist skills.

From BBC May 26, 2024

One pretended to be a ventriloquist while the other one was the dummy.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

At Barnum’s American Museum in New York City, visitors could see America’s first aquarium, a menagerie of exotic animals, performances by magicians and ventriloquists, and waxworks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2026

“Representation is what got me into puppetry,” said Piphus Peace, explaining that watching performances by Judy Buch and Liz VonSeggen, both female ventriloquists, motivated her.

From Washington Post Sep. 20, 2022

The show was host to many imaginative puppeteers and ventriloquists, including Señor Wences, the Bill Baird Puppets and the pre-“Sesame Street” Muppets.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2021

Two of the last three winners of America’s Got Talent have been ventriloquists.

From The Guardian May 8, 2018

I turned my head and talked sideways out of my mouth like one of those ventriloquists.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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