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as in leader
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Recent Examples of figurehead
The absence of manager Emma Hayes hasn’t adversely affected Chelsea on the pitch following her departure last summer to lead the United States’ women’s national team, but the WSL today lacks the figurehead of old.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Strategic decisions will be made on housing, public transport, economic development and regeneration, while Campbell will also be a lobbying figurehead for additional government support from Westminster.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Cultural figureheads will be present at the service in Rome, too.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Shaw is the current board president at Chino Valley Unified School District in San Bernardino County and a figurehead of the California parents’ rights movement.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2025
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Strategic decisions will be made on housing, public transport, economic development and regeneration, while Campbell will also be a lobbying figurehead for additional government support from Westminster.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Cultural figureheads will be present at the service in Rome, too.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
Shaw is the current board president at Chino Valley Unified School District in San Bernardino County and a figurehead of the California parents’ rights movement.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurehead
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Hoover’s attorneys, meanwhile, have claimed that decades behind bars have left him a changed man and that prosecutors have unfairly painted him as a puppet master to try to keep him locked up.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Puppet theatre and puppet animation have a lot in common.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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Listen to this article Chicago police said seven teens were wounded in an overnight shooting at a large gathering in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after a St. Sabina graduation party, drawing an angry statement from the church’s longtime leader, Father Michael Pfleger.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans to disassemble the chapel, a national historic landmark and popular wedding venue.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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In October 2020, during Trump’s first term in office, the federal government revealed its bust of the elaborate conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, who had been criticized by right-wing politicians, including Trump, over her COVID-19 policies.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Championship banners fill the gymnasium walls, most notably in football where Marcus Allen started a career that wound up with him hoisting the Heisman Trophy and his bust enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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The dual helm stations on the Oyster Yachts 805 are placed a little further forward than most, offering improved views for the helmsmen.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The Australian Spithill is a former skipper and helmsman for BMW Oracle Racing, winning the America’s Cup in 2010, defending the cup twice, both times against Emirates Team New Zealand, first successfully in 2013, and unsuccessfully in 2017.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
26 May 2025
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The fungus that hijacks ants like a ghastly marionette Penn State The humble carpenter ant is the unsuspecting victim of this nightmare.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Apr. 2025
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But for anyone with a taste for operatic violence and fountains of blood as shotgun and assault rifle blasts send bodies flying in slo-mo or dancing like convulsive marionettes, Gareth Evans’ gritty neo-noir will be just the ticket.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Gary Oldman plays the acerbic Jackson Lamb, the odoriferous chief of Slough House where MI5 agents who just can’t cut it – or who are being punished for one reason or another – are sent.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Channel 4’s content chief Ian Katz admitted to his team at the end of April that his own future was uncertain.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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Is a demonic doll touring the U.S. to blame for the mishaps in Louisiana?—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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This year, Hasbro also released a new Jem doll to celebrate the series’ anniversary.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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The Stars’ captain, Benn, absolutely plastered Bouchard in the second period with a heavy hit on the forecheck.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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On the most basic level, it’s been about Nathan Fielder using the absurd apparatus of an HBO comedy series to expose a major safety issue in airline cockpits, tied to a breakdown in communication between the captain and the co-pilot.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 May 2025
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“Figurehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurehead. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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