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Recent Examples of hand puppet
Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2024
Those in the audience who had been picturing tiny little hand puppets were blown away by the larger-than-life size of the animals.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Humans are able to learn from very few examples, meaning that even a single encounter can solidify the connection between a silver hand puppet and the phonemes that comprise robot.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Jason eventually finds his voice through his crude hand puppet, Tyrone, who says and does things that Jason could only dream of.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
NYPD Blue detectives Sipowicz and Simone are brought in to interrogate the smart-alecky hand puppet.
—Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
In this 2003 episode, Cartman wins first place in a Latino culture contest by showcasing his special guest, Jennifer Lopez, who turns out to be a crude hand puppet.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2022
This iteration makes a gesture like a hand puppet in repose, or the letter A in American Sign Language.
—Lauren Mechling, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2022
Second place receives a fabulous soft rubbery hand puppet depicting a, well, some indeterminate aquatic creature; guesses included a shark, barracuda, alligator and dinosaur.
—Washington Post, 1 July 2021
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Even Marlowe directs this film using only realistic, lifelike hand puppets.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2024
Those in the audience who had been picturing tiny little hand puppets were blown away by the larger-than-life size of the animals.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Humans are able to learn from very few examples, meaning that even a single encounter can solidify the connection between a silver hand puppet and the phonemes that comprise robot.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Jason eventually finds his voice through his crude hand puppet, Tyrone, who says and does things that Jason could only dream of.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
NYPD Blue detectives Sipowicz and Simone are brought in to interrogate the smart-alecky hand puppet.
—Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
In this 2003 episode, Cartman wins first place in a Latino culture contest by showcasing his special guest, Jennifer Lopez, who turns out to be a crude hand puppet.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2022
This iteration makes a gesture like a hand puppet in repose, or the letter A in American Sign Language.
—Lauren Mechling, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2022
Second place receives a fabulous soft rubbery hand puppet depicting a, well, some indeterminate aquatic creature; guesses included a shark, barracuda, alligator and dinosaur.
—Washington Post, 1 July 2021
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“Hand puppet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20puppet. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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