puppet masters
- plural of puppet master.
Example Sentences
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The new episodes find the main character "hellbent on seeking revenge on the super-rich puppet-masters who engineered its deadly spectacle", according to the Guardian's Rebecca Nicholson, who awarded three stars.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024
It appears that the MCU has had almost as many puppet-masters as it has had world-threatening events, and you’re not wrong to feel confused about this.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2021
When speechwriters aren’t portrayed as puppet-masters, they’re seen as note-takers — transcribers — who record and then polish what the speaker provides.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2016
The anarchic humor remains as central as ever to the Punch and Judy experience, say the puppet-masters, traditionally known as "professors", but some elements have had to be toned down or are often omitted now.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2014
As soon as “24” revealed the real puppet-masters behind the terrorists — usually business tycoons intent on world domination — the air went out of the mystery and the plot convolutions turned farcical.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2012
