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Recent Examples of scapegoat
Find another scapegoat to rationalize your assault on the crown jewels of American progress — our colleges and universities that until now have attracted the best and the brightest from our country and all over the world.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
The defense has said Read was a convenient scapegoat in a cover-up in the Jan. 29, 2022, death of 46-year-old John O'Keefe.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
And apparently, with death come sacrificial scapegoats.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Members of the union that represents rank-and-file Los Angeles firefighters also spoke on the ex-chief’s behalf, claiming that Ms. Crowley had become a scapegoat for longstanding failures to sufficiently fund the Fire Department.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
The defense has said Read was a convenient scapegoat in a cover-up in the Jan. 29, 2022, death of 46-year-old John O'Keefe.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
And apparently, with death come sacrificial scapegoats.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Members of the union that represents rank-and-file Los Angeles firefighters also spoke on the ex-chief’s behalf, claiming that Ms. Crowley had become a scapegoat for longstanding failures to sufficiently fund the Fire Department.
—Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scapegoat
Noun
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That fight for victim's rights has shaped all their lives.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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These good samaritans often crack cold cases and use dogs, drones and helicopters to rescue everyone from natural disaster victims to missing children.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Noun
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If the Jets beat the Blues, those excuses transform: every piece of adversity turns into another reason Winnipeg’s success was all the more impressive.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Get Together Just Because Birthday parties, holidays, and graduation parties might claim much of your summer calendar, but these days, the trend is to find new excuses to get together.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Alongside the ducks and chicks are chickens, goats, a hedgehog, a cat, a dog and plenty of laughter.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, there are certain plants that goats won’t eat.—
Jet Francis and Samuel Navarro,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Scapegoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapegoat. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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