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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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The family is seeking separate payouts of at least $25,000 from all four companies for each of the three victims, according to the lawsuit, aiming for at least $300,000 in cumulative damages.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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The numbers of victims far exceeded those of military regimes in Chile and Argentina.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And certainly, the Tampa Bay Rays aren’t making any excuses.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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But their excuse for giving us protein every day is to give us beans almost every day.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 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 4 May. 2025.
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