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
Genetics seems to be the big driver, reinforcing the argument that autism is a normal human variation and there is no Big Pharma bogeyman at the heart of this issue.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2025
The Dodgers served as a convenient bogeyman for owners of many other major league teams last winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025
The bogeyman our mothers used to threaten us with when we were slow to finish our meals.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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
The boss of Iceland said it was "not helpful" to make firms the bogeymen.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2021
As she reads the one word text—“RUN” —the soundtrack becomes a piercing thrum, the kind that suggests a bogeymen of some sort will soon appear.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2020
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
