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
When FDA rejections draw criticism, he uses “industry” as a bogeyman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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
Still, Kimmel’s comment was at worst an anodyne observation touching on the fact that the accused, a white guy from Utah, did not fit the archetypes of typical far-right bogeymen.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2025
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
And none of this implicates the usual bogeymen of the housing crisis, the big housebuilding companies.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2019
“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
