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Recent Examples of stooge
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.
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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
The perception amongst Dhaka’s governing elite of Yunus as an American stooge wasn’t helped by Wikileaks cables detailing his frequent and candid meetings with top American diplomats to bemoan the sorry state of Bangladeshi politics.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 June 2024
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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
The perception amongst Dhaka’s governing elite of Yunus as an American stooge wasn’t helped by Wikileaks cables detailing his frequent and candid meetings with top American diplomats to bemoan the sorry state of Bangladeshi politics.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 June 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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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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Americans, beware: Putin and his lackeys are not your friends.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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The clowns there, contributed by donors worldwide, are not for sale.Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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The parade’s 98th year was the largest yet, with more than 5,000 volunteers, 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Nov. 2024
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Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger, under white powder and red eye shadow like Joker sycophants.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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But that progress will be harder to forge if Trump follows through on his vow to mass fire civil servants and replace them with sycophants.Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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The smart money is on those with a long-term vision, capable of acting in the best interest of the future, instead of the compulsions of the moment, which will eventually delineate the posers and the professionals.Parijat Banerjee, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Yet Barnet is skeptical of activism, depicting environmentalists as posers and lambasting the feminist movement.Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
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The tornado that destroys DG’s family farm is a mode of inter-dimensional transportation used by the evil witch’s henchmen.Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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As fits his elevated role, Páramo has henchmen to do his bidding, like Fulgor Sedano (Héctor Kotsifakis).Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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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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Not so, for minions who might break the law doing Trump's dirty work.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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The first 10 minutes of the game are called the Laning Phase, and you're expected to stay in your lane and begin taking out minions and collecting souls to help your team start leveling up.Omar L. Gallaga, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Stooge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stooge. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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