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  • noun Plural form of puppeteer.

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Examples

  • The Brothers Quay are hypertalented stop-motion animators whose incredibly surreal, moody, and macabre work is influenced by Cezch and Polish animators and puppeteers from the early 20th century and writers like Franz Kafka and Belgian playwright Michel de Ghelderode.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • We become the puppeteers, which is how it should be.

    Using Your Limited Power as an American Citizen Effectively 2007

  • We become the puppeteers, which is how it should be.

    Printing: Using Your Limited Power as an American Citizen Effectively 2007

  • Bush's lack of interest in details gives unprecedented power to his advisers (read "puppeteers") — in this case the extremists of the military/industrial/religious-right coalition who are currently running the White House, the country, and, if they have their way, the world.

    When George Meets John 2004

  • Bush's lack of interest in details gives unprecedented power to his advisers (read "puppeteers") — in this case the extremists of the military/industrial/religious-right coalition who are currently running the White House, the country, and, if they have their way, the world.

    When George Meets John 2004

  • Bush's lack of interest in details gives unprecedented power to his advisers (read "puppeteers") — in this case the extremists of the military/industrial/religious-right coalition who are currently running the White House, the country, and, if they have their way, the world.

    When George Meets John 2004

  • The puppeteers are a cowardly race and are fleeing the explosion of the galactic core, whose wavefront won’t reach Known Space for another 20,000 years.

    2009 Reading Challenge #1 – Ringworld, Larry Niven « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009

  • The "puppeteers" are more concerned with keeping all their politician-puppets "in line" and obeying Party edicts than allowing them to be independent and vote the way their constituents at home would prefer them to vote.

    CNN Political Ticker 2009

  • The "puppeteers" are more concerned with keeping all their politician-puppets "in line" and obeying Party edicts than allowing them to be independent and vote the way their constituents at home would prefer them to vote.

    CNN Political Ticker 2009

  • H ... and hatred for the "puppeteers" pulling his strings, Why doesn't God do a recall?

    RealClearPolitics - Homepage 2009

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