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Recent Examples of scapegoat
When an insecure yet ambitious regime attempts to carry out large-scale social transformation, the indolent bureaucrat makes for an ideal scapegoat.
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
With his hefty contract still on the payroll, he’s also become a scapegoat for parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s recent decision to layoff 80 employees.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Clearly Trump is using the protesters as a scapegoat for his wider agenda fighting and attacking higher education and the Ivy League education system.
—Jonathan Allen, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Jews have long been the most popular scapegoat for every evil in existence.
—David Draiman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
With his hefty contract still on the payroll, he’s also become a scapegoat for parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s recent decision to layoff 80 employees.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Clearly Trump is using the protesters as a scapegoat for his wider agenda fighting and attacking higher education and the Ivy League education system.
—Jonathan Allen, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Jews have long been the most popular scapegoat for every evil in existence.
—David Draiman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scapegoat
Noun
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Once identified, the kit dynamically loads a counterfeit login page tailored to that provider, often with the victim’s email address already filled in.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The gallery was filled with the victim’s friends, colleagues and family.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ignorance Ignorance is never an excuse for poor governance.—
Committee of 200,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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These past comments from Trump have often appeared to be in jest, or just an excuse to excite his loyal fan base during public speaking.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The pasture behind the barn is a blur of adolescent goats bleating, bolting, and knocking one another down.—
Scott Clark as told to Betsy Andrews,
Saveur,
3 Apr. 2025
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While the term mutton often refers to the meat of an adult sheep in many English-speaking places, in the cuisines of South Asia and the Caribbean, mutton typically refers to goat meat.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Scapegoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapegoat. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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