as in hand puppet
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Recent Examples of rag doll
A couple from the United Kingdom filmed their rag doll cat sleeping in an unusual position, now the viral clip has turned the feline into a social media star.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
This was an impressive showcase of Lash Legend throwing Piper Niven around like a rag doll.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The result is a 15-minute heart-stopper during which the men are tossed around like rag dolls and whip one another at high speeds while a bloodthirsty crowd roars as other contestants get trampled.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
That’s when a new, horrific mayhem begins, with the creatures wreaking havoc, tossing cars like rag dolls and snatching screaming, unsuspecting citizens.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
This was an impressive showcase of Lash Legend throwing Piper Niven around like a rag doll.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The result is a 15-minute heart-stopper during which the men are tossed around like rag dolls and whip one another at high speeds while a bloodthirsty crowd roars as other contestants get trampled.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
That’s when a new, horrific mayhem begins, with the creatures wreaking havoc, tossing cars like rag dolls and snatching screaming, unsuspecting citizens.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rag doll
Noun
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Her son, Michael, writes the storylines and does voiceovers for some of the hand puppets.—
Eve Glover,
Fox News,
17 Dec. 2024
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Even Marlowe directs this film using only realistic, lifelike hand puppets.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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See, there’s this scary monkey toy—a vintage windup doll that creepily plays the drums—and whenever it gets set off, someone around it dies.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Fashioning Wonder includes some exquisite doll sized clothing and accessories, were traditional objects that might have been included in someone’s collection of curiosities?—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Tregenza always does his own cinematography, and his style is entirely his own, involving extended and elaborate camera moves on dollies, cranes, cars, or even boats.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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For the home invasion sequence, Daniels rarely laid dolly track, instead placing the dolly directly on the floor to give it some bumps.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Hasbro reported earnings in the last three months of the year above analysts' estimates but expected revenues this year to fall below forecasts due to weaker demand for toys like Star Wars action figures and Nerf guns.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The company's first attempt, in 2008, was Bakugan, a ball that transforms into different action figures.—
Alana Semuels,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The onus for the celebration is not just a climate of xenophobia in a United States still stymieing progress on the island via century-old legislative marionette wires but also the disconnectedness Bad Bunny experienced after spending chunks of 2024 in Los Angeles.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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But when teaching, Thomas had a particular interest in marionettes.—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Teflon seal around a poppet, a thruster valve, expanded and started extruding out as the thruster headed up.—
Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
5 Sep. 2024
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In the Old World, hexing your enemies required use of candle magick, mysterious sigils or poppet dolls impaled by needles; in 2021, Nessa Barrett turns hexes into dark-pop hits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2021
Noun
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His figurine was outfitted in shorts and a backward baseball cap, with a hoodie tied around its waist; Mr. Bowen’s wore a white collared shirt and sneakers.—
Tammy LaGorce,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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And existing apps often receive updates that introduce a spatial mode, such as the NBA scores app, which recently got an experimental feature that allows users to watch a live basketball game as if the players were miniature figurines on a table.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As the Academy Awards race rounds its final lap, the question is not just which films will win, but where to watch those vying for gold statuettes.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Before heading into Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton to learn which of the biggest names in television and movies would be waltzing away with the best accessory of the evening (their very own statuette, of course), the stars made their marks on the carpet.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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