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Take, for instance, the three stooges of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Albeit his stooges would not be the three of yesteryear’s Hollywood, Larry, Moe and Shemp.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
The militias were on the defensive for the first time in years, with some demonstrators deriding them as Iranian stooges.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
He spent a year as "Mr Rodney", who was one of a series of stooges for the puppet, Basil Brush, before creating and starring in the ITV sitcom Dear Mother...
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2017
Standing at the pulpit, he gave the signal to a few of his stooges to bring in ten big cardboard posters which listed in alphabetical order every student in school.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
