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marionettes

noun as in puppet show

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His Catholic zealotry prefigures present-day Catholic ideologues like Patrick Deneen and Leonard Leo, not to mention their political marionettes Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

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Men who couldn’t, or worse, didn’t want to, were portrayed as marionettes tied to and practically strangled by their mothers’ apron strings.

The animals could be controlled, in essence, like marionettes.

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The childlike appeal of marionettes, animation, or even Claymation elements is essential to great Christmas episodes in my opinion.

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Think of the pins as marionettes with nylon cords attached to their heads.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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