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as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
gave her a puppet with strings for a gift
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Today's listen This year, the NPR Music team published 115 Tiny Desk concerts featuring a diverse range of artists, including rap and rock legends, Broadway musicals and even puppets.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Dec. 2025
The incident that led to his firing involved a scene in which Chase’s character Pierce Hawthorne performs a puppet show in which the hand puppet character performs in blackface.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
The puppets' comedic banter represents different classes of the country.
—Engin Kadaster, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Deadline revealed in October that StudioCanal, maker of the Paddington movies, was suing UK producer Avalon for satirizing the marmalade-loving mammal in its iconic puppet sketch show Spitting Image.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
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And then there’s Alison’s Isabella Linton, who’s quite doll-like in her candy-pink gowns and bows?—
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Rose also enjoys playing with dolls, carefully giving each one its own name and unique personality.—
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Dealer markup varies between online retailers, local coin shops and pawn shops, with many online dealers often offering better prices due to lower overhead.—
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And a jeweler or pawn shop must hold onto the item for at least nine days in Michigan before being able to sell it or melt it down.—
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Gardening Tools Garden tools should be cleaned after every use to remove fungi, bacteria, and pests that can be transferred to healthy plants.—
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And keep your in-flight essentials like headphones, sleep mask, e-reader, and other tech tools together in your personal item that stays with you at the seat rather than in the overhead bin.—
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Some eager minion jumped the gun and published in the morning what was supposed to be the post-ceremony press release announcing the winners.—
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Miami should have purged the roster even more, shipping off starters for draft picks, but apparently none of the bids enticed Ross and his minions, who are the individuals really calling the shots now.—
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“Puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppet. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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