The puppet states are under the control of a larger, more powerful country.

I love watching puppet shows.

The puppet masters pulled the strings behind the scenes.

The shadow puppet danced gracefully on the screen.

I bought a finger puppet for my niece.

I bought some finger puppets for my niece.

The country was under the control of a puppet regime.

The puppet régime was overthrown by the rebels.

He was sock puppeting on social media to promote his own agenda.

They performed a beautiful show using shadow puppets.