as in hand puppet
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Recent Examples of rag doll
His own creepy nature doesn't exactly emulate the joyful holiday, but luckily, rag doll Sally (Catherine O'Hara) is there to make everything okay again.
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Sydni Ellis, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Sydni Ellis, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rag doll
Noun
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And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet.—
John Russell,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, one of the other wards is Dave Crealy (John Lithgow), who terrorizes the residents in increasingly sinister ways — along with the help of his hand puppet, Jenny Pen.—
William Earl,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Vigil and other women will receive dolls created by students in Manuel Jara Elementary School David Orona’s art class to represent the women’s strengths on April 5 at the Northside Community Center.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2025
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Did a kid eat a battery somewhere and now I'm forced to use a power drill to disassemble a $10 talking Frozen doll?—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Workers inspected the grooves for imperfections, fed album jackets into a shrink-wrapper and stacked the finished products on tall dollies for shipping.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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The actor started out walking, then stepped onto a board that had been attached to a dolly, which was on a track, kept going forward, and then lifted him up.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Items: Brooks purchased a $5 action figure of Cyclops, an X-Men character.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Prices of playsets and action figures range from $9.99 to $29.99, with minifigure sets starting at $2.99.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Celebrate World Puppetry Day: Make your own silly bird marionette.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Three of the figures were made of fine clay and had adjustable heads with holes in them that may have been controlled using a string, much like a marionette puppet.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
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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Each egg contains butter slime, a packet of glitter, and a sweet dinosaur figurine.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
29 Mar. 2025
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Toy Story saw a happy-go-lucky cowboy figurine named Woody (Tom Hanks) have his world shaken up when his owner Andy (John Morris) received a cool, brand new action figure by the name of Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen).—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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During his time at the company, Callender’s projects — with titles such as Angels in America, Elizabeth I, Grey Gardens, John Adams, and Temple Grandin — were honored with nearly 500 Emmy nominations and 140 statuettes.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ho also earned Oscars for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the film, which also won the Best International Feature statuette.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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