The figure of the pioneer has played a large role in American culture, literature and folklore.

Forever dumb, the figure played an important role in many of the show's plot lines.

He plays the game the way American political figures play it.

He waited while the figure of Koxinga played its three.

The figure plays a part in the debate about the world's ability to grow enough food to feed its growing population.

The other two figures in the trade played but struggled.

No one could actually say that this weird figure, more ghost than human, had played a hand in murder.

On the television the figures were still playing their game in the blue light.

It looked exactly like the figure in the chip Quark had played.

The figure also plays a central, if subversive, role in the work of the show's two other artists.