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Recent Examples of scapegoat
The former Watford man found himself out the door after barely six months, such was the need for a scapegoat.
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Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Yet one team’s scapegoat can be another’s preferred candidate.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Sending out the scapegoats in a van advertising unemployed coaches is next-level stuff.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
But the good times ended when Nirvana’s label reps decided the album sounded too raw for mainstream consumption and allegedly positioned Albini as a scapegoat for a potentially bad-sounding record.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
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Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Yet one team’s scapegoat can be another’s preferred candidate.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Sending out the scapegoats in a van advertising unemployed coaches is next-level stuff.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
But the good times ended when Nirvana’s label reps decided the album sounded too raw for mainstream consumption and allegedly positioned Albini as a scapegoat for a potentially bad-sounding record.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scapegoat
Noun
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Newsom’s office said Thursday that the state is providing assistance to victims, family members and witnesses of the mosque shooting.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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The bodies of two people were found earlier this week, before crews recovered the remains of another six victims on Thursday, May 28, Longview fire chief Brad Hannig said in a press conference later that day.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The two-day festival spans the museum (great excuse to check it out) and the Harold Washington Library Center.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Officials in late May identified a goat infected with the flesh-eating infection, which is spread via screwworm flies.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Firefighters rescued a young goat who became entangled in a steel frame in Thompson on Sunday night.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2026
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“Scapegoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapegoat. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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