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Recent Examples of scapegoat
As the teacher of the missing kids, Justine is the default scapegoat.
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Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 8 Aug. 2025
If growth slows and Powell hasn’t moved aggressively enough on rate cuts, Powell will become the scapegoat.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
The hypocrisy of a society continually looking for scapegoats to assign blame while refusing to examine its own dark heart provides a semblance of subtext.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Dante has become a scapegoat for anything that goes amiss in the restaurant.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
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Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 8 Aug. 2025
If growth slows and Powell hasn’t moved aggressively enough on rate cuts, Powell will become the scapegoat.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
The hypocrisy of a society continually looking for scapegoats to assign blame while refusing to examine its own dark heart provides a semblance of subtext.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Dante has become a scapegoat for anything that goes amiss in the restaurant.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for scapegoat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scapegoat
Noun
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The most successful so far comes from Tampa, where a circuit court judge in August reaffirmed a statewide injunction pausing DOAH hearings after a Hurricane Milton victim argued the company was violating his rights.—
Mario Ariza,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The motion is still pending, and families of the crash victims urged the court to reject it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Not an excuse, but definitely a factor, from what I was told, in what turned into a sluggish showing on both sides of the ball.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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There isn’t an excuse anymore that an AI maker has nothing available to provide AI ethics guidance.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rizzo, who was a key cog in the 2016 billy-goat-curse-breaking Chicago Cubs World Series title, who caught the final out of Game 7 of that World Series, will retire as a member of the Cubs.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gratzer also showed livestock throughout his FFA career, including goats, pigs, a steer and a lamb.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Scapegoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapegoat. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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