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Recent Examples of stooge
Soon, longtime customers accused them of being Newsom stooges, even though neither Montaño nor Oquendo is a Democrat.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Riley is telling voters that Molinaro is a stooge for the oil industry and other corporate interests, while Molinaro smears Riley as a local kid who left to make money in Washington.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
The lab called the mine for help, and the mine sent Hank, its favorite stooge.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
The escalating number of people on their tails includes Booch (Paul Walter Hauser), a bumbling stooge sent by Besegai to ice them, and Frank Toomey (Ving Rhames), a Special Opps chief also on the mayor’s payroll.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Riley is telling voters that Molinaro is a stooge for the oil industry and other corporate interests, while Molinaro smears Riley as a local kid who left to make money in Washington.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
The lab called the mine for help, and the mine sent Hank, its favorite stooge.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2024
The escalating number of people on their tails includes Booch (Paul Walter Hauser), a bumbling stooge sent by Besegai to ice them, and Frank Toomey (Ving Rhames), a Special Opps chief also on the mayor’s payroll.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stooge
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So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
21 Nov. 2024
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There are colorful characters, but no bombastic buffoons.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
15 Nov. 2024
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The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
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Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.—
Richard Kuipers,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
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Some of his friends also collected drawings of clowns on jailhouse envelopes sent by their dads.—
Frank Rojas,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The buzziest piece unveiled for last year’s show consisted of two large inflatable clown heads squished between two buildings.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
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This unprecedented assertion of executive power will create an army of sycophants beholden only to Donald Trump, not the Constitution or the American people.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Only die-hard birth-certificate sycophants can support these selections.—
Armond White,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2025
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After the release of Elden Ring, a famously difficult bestseller, Musk posted a screenshot of his character, but his build instantly exposed him as a poser.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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This poser is hard to work through when we are only given the text.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Borisov, whose Russian henchman Igor grows close to Mikey Madison's titular character over the course or Baker's unpredictable odyssey, has been dominating awards season for his breakthrough performance.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Also joining the cast are Sam C. Wilson as Trap Jaw, Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops and Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man — three of Skeletor's henchmen.—
Lawrence Yee,
People.com,
21 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician.—
Armond White,
National Review,
29 Nov. 2024
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The doll, which is called the Witch Weaver, wears flared bell-bottoms, a gossamer harlequin blouse, gold waistcoat and crystal headpiece — taking inspiration from Reed’s signature design codes, personal style and even Lady Gaga.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
21 Nov. 2024
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And her reign is supported by her (mostly) devoted minions, played by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Stooge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stooge. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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