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Recent Examples of scapegoat
The series will ask whether there was one mastermind behind these horrific deaths, or whether that theory is simply a convenient scapegoat in a darker conspiracy and potential cover-up.
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Peter White, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Frustrated with cotton traders and merchants who were smuggling goods to the Confederacy and profiting from the war, the general weaponized ancient stereotypes and antisemitic tropes about Jews and money to fabricate a scapegoat.
—Time, 3 June 2025
Here’s how many state politicians deal with it: by seeking out scapegoats.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
This worry will extend to my Jewish Israeli friends and peers, who are being used as scapegoats in Trump's attacks on higher education.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Peter White, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
Frustrated with cotton traders and merchants who were smuggling goods to the Confederacy and profiting from the war, the general weaponized ancient stereotypes and antisemitic tropes about Jews and money to fabricate a scapegoat.
—Time, 3 June 2025
Here’s how many state politicians deal with it: by seeking out scapegoats.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
This worry will extend to my Jewish Israeli friends and peers, who are being used as scapegoats in Trump's attacks on higher education.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scapegoat
Noun
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The victim has suffered trauma to the head from a blunt object, but did not appear to be shot, police said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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Upon arrival at around 3:35 a.m., officers witnessed the suspect shoot one of the victims through the open front door.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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It’s been tough to shuffle the pitching rotation, and tough to shuttle guys back and forth from Triple-A to make up for injuries, but the Mets aren’t using injuries as an excuse.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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The incident offered Russia an excuse to send in military forces and grab control of both South Ossetia and Abkhazia.—
Charles Kupchan,
Foreign Affairs,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Practice goat yoga, get a CBD massage, and more California certainly knows how to unwind, and San Luis Obispo offers many of its own unique pathways to calm.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
13 June 2025
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French film star Jean Reno (Leon: The Professional) will play a new character, a tough French goat cop, in a cameo in the film’s English version.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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“Scapegoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scapegoat. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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