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Recent Examples of rag doll While some cat breeds, such as rag dolls or Maine coons, are considered more sociable, the researchers did not examine differences in behavior based on breed. —
Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025 Woods gets his title and cover art from a type of rag doll, a racist caricature once common in British and American culture. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025 Jessie is the cowgirl rag doll who first appeared in 1999’s Toy Story 2 and was voiced by Joan Cusack. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025 What defined the song beyond that, though, was Elliott’s ability to toss around language like a rag doll and unashamedly wearing her sexuality proud. —Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rag doll
Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025 Woods gets his title and cover art from a type of rag doll, a racist caricature once common in British and American culture. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025 Jessie is the cowgirl rag doll who first appeared in 1999’s Toy Story 2 and was voiced by Joan Cusack. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2025 What defined the song beyond that, though, was Elliott’s ability to toss around language like a rag doll and unashamedly wearing her sexuality proud. —Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rag doll
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As coach John Harbaugh has final say on player transactions, Schoen is, frankly, Harbaugh’s personal hand puppet (apologies to Jerry Seinfeld).— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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San Lorenzo Valley Unified Superintendent Chris Schiermeyer said the district provided staff training after the hand puppet and flag incident and plans to hold 10 student assemblies on Jewish identity and history with the Anne Frank Center USA.— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
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From Hot Wheels to toy dolls, each item is handpicked and carefully listed online by Cameron himself.— Conor McGill, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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That could spell the end of the line for Sporkey, Rex, Hamm, Bo Peep and the other dolls and action figures that once delighted Bonnie.— Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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The 750-ton building was placed onto 20 dollies and moved onto city property where it was ultimately restored and opened as a museum and events venue.— Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
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The jet’s tail end was lifted onto a large dolly, which was then towed via long tethers by two vehicles driving side by side.— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
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That could spell the end of the line for Sporkey, Rex, Hamm, Bo Peep and the other dolls and action figures that once delighted Bonnie.— Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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While the Absolute characters are starting to appear on apparel and action figures are available to pre-order, this marks the first time the characters will be seen in screen form beyond the pages of the comic books.— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
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Sid spent much of the 1950s touring his marionettes in Europe and even appeared with Judy Garland as her opening act during the latter part of the decade.— Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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Soon after, making marionettes entered the picture.— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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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
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On Friday, all 53,675 fans went home with a bobbling figurine of Ohtani at the plate, a memento honoring his performance in Game 4 of the NLCS last October.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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Melody writes on the store’s website that Heather, an eclectic, stylish woman, was an avid thrifter and once gifted her a thrifted flying pig figurine.— Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
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The show’s longtime emcee Jeff Probst has managed four consecutive statuettes for outstanding host of a reality or competition program from 2008 to 2011.— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
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And while Anjelica Houston took home the statuette for her role in Prizzi's Honor, Winfrey was fine with not hearing her name called.— Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Rag doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/rag%20doll. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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