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Recent Examples of scapegoat
There are no mentions of contract disputes, no off-field controversies, no honest discussion of the psychological toll of being both leader and scapegoat.
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Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
There is a good chance that defensive coordinator Shane Bowen will be the first internal scapegoat, though.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
But as the ball came loose and the game literally bounced away from the Panthers, another scapegoat was suddenly added to the mix.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
But McClain’s lawyers said he should not be made the scapegoat for whatever prosecutors think about the state’s sordid history of public corruption, noting that McClain has not held public office himself for more than 30 years.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
There is a good chance that defensive coordinator Shane Bowen will be the first internal scapegoat, though.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
But as the ball came loose and the game literally bounced away from the Panthers, another scapegoat was suddenly added to the mix.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
But McClain’s lawyers said he should not be made the scapegoat for whatever prosecutors think about the state’s sordid history of public corruption, noting that McClain has not held public office himself for more than 30 years.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scapegoat
Noun
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The remains of about 1,100 victims are unidentified, the OCME said.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But a law enforcement official briefed on the case told CNN Radford had a disagreement with one of the victims on Tuesday.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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As in the never-ending parade of ostensibly Christian exorcism movies, religious belief here seems like a superficial excuse for a stock array of supernatural hoodoo — no matter how many times Chalik’s Abuyya pauses the action to mouth some healing doctrine.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Should her daughter be a sheep or a goat, in a society that punished her mother’s defiance?—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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The value was determined by the high fabric quality, as the British failed to successfully breed their own goats.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Scapegoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapegoat. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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