bogeyman
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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
When FDA rejections draw criticism, he uses “industry” as a bogeyman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
He embraced the role of migra bogeyman like a tween boy scarfing down a bowl of Warheads, always promising more deportations, more chaos, more more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
From despair and optimism to downright fear of new England bogeyman Mitchell Starc.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
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
Both are worldly, well into middle age, and both sense the need to explore their own catacombs and confront the bogeymen within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Historically, Australia are NZ’s bogeymen, with 14 wins to four in white-ball tournaments involving five or more teams.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2021
The boss of Iceland said it was "not helpful" to make firms the bogeymen.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2021
“I rode hyenas after dark! I made chidoma, bogeymen, out of dead bodies! I caused Chipo to have twins! Augh! Augh!”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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