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Figurehead

Figurehead | Figureheads

Figurehead meaning

A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship. | Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power. | A person's face.

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Barrons said experts are now looking to see if Prigozhin will become a figurehead that sets in motion a bigger movement against Putin.

But a full-out coronation of Old Joe to serve another four years as the figurehead for the shadowy individuals who are really running things?

But, as Scotland’s main figurehead at Westminster, Mr Jack says that he still has plenty of work to do on projects such as creating more freeports to boost the economy, as well as much-needed improvements to the A75.

But this time it will all be done with a different figurehead.

Chau was the figurehead of an industry that thrived on enticing high rollers from mainland China to gamble in Macau, by running VIP rooms and extending credit for bets.

Even Adolf Hitler – who as the figurehead of the Third Reich has become almost an abstract symbol of evil – was ultimately one single man.

In this decade a crusading pharmacist, Dora Akunyili, became the head of Nigeria’s food and drug regulator, NAFDAC, as well as a figurehead of the fight against bad medicines in Nigeria.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country Thursday by announcing she would resign from office in a matter of weeks.

Perverse as it may be, the revolution was and is still very adept at the use of nicknames and adjectives to discredit and ridicule any dissenting figurehead — a feat that’s easier to accomplish when you’ve effectively political satire.

Wales’ seismic defeat that day would lead to the feted arrival of Warren Gatland who, in his second stint as head coach of the national side, has been a figurehead of Welsh rugby for more than a decade.

We have an executive branch that acts as a legislative branch, where even the president often is reduced to a figurehead of the vast, bureaucratic apparatus.

As a sports debate show figurehead, Smith’s job is far different from Hanson’s or even Warner’s.

As the theatre has unfolded in Edo State, turning theatrics to weapons in one of Nigeria’s most politically conscious states, the impossible fate of a deputy governor who aspires to be more than a figurehead has been laid bare.

As Yle points out, it's difficult to verify whether a figurehead has been appointed as a board member.

At least 95 people were killed on Wednesday when two bombs detonated by remote control tore through a crowd at the grave of Qassim Soleimani, the figurehead of Iran’s global terrorist operations.

De Niro’s unflinching candor has solidified his role as a Hollywood figurehead of anti-Trump sentiment.

Even today, parts of Gaza remain under Hamas control, and the top figurehead commanders inside Gaza who oversaw the planning and execution of the Al-Aqsa Flood—Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif—have not been captured or killed.

Experts say that is largely because it doesn’t have an influential figurehead, like Mr. Trump was in 2020, to be its champion.

Farage, a Brexit figurehead and admirer of Donald Trump, was greeted with loud applause as he arrived at conference, hours before his keynote speech.

General Nick Barton, who took part in the rescue operation, said it was a “unique honour” to meet the king who served as an important “figurehead” for the soldiers.