bogeyman
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Several leaders were hoping to use Farage as a sort of bogeyman to encourage their own supporters out to vote, and to rally the tactical votes of those staunchly opposed to his party.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Both cast debt as a bogeyman turning capitalism into an extraction device that, left unchecked or unwisely channeled, can take everything from any of us.
From Salon ● May 4, 2026
The third holds that we’ve come a long way in ridding ourselves of racism—particularly of the institutional kind—but stops short of declaring the bogeyman dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
This particular European bogeyman dates back to 2014, when the U.S. and the European Union were negotiating a trans-Atlantic trade agreement.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2026
Two carefully watches the bushes along the sidewalk for a lurking bogeyman or worse.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
But that angst can be projected onto bogeymen.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
The boss of Iceland said it was "not helpful" to make firms the bogeymen.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2021
The real-life Jewell endured a nightmare, but the cautionary tale that the movie inadvertently tells is about only being able to see ancient bogeymen as new monsters continue to emerge.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019
When your livelihood is endangered as Reid’s was, and when you’re under fire from people as powerful as the president of the United States, it’s reasonable to see bogeymen around every corner.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2018
Maureen, who was four and had a terrible fear of bogeymen, kept dreaming that intruders in Halloween masks were coming through the open doors to get us.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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