punching bag
Example Sentences
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The punching bag for senators opposed to prediction markets was former U.S. representative Patrick McHenry, a senior advisor to a prediction market lobbying organization funded by firms like Kalshi.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
A slow start to these playoffs and last year’s postseason struggles made Reaves an online punching bag for fan frustrations.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Since merging his cable programming behemoth Discovery with storied entertainment company Warner Bros. in 2022, Zaslav has often been a punching bag for Hollywood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The fight percolated predictably from there, rising in intensity, until Jessica Tarlov—the liberal punching bag on Fox’s The Five—broke things up.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
George had filled a meal sack with dirt and hung it to a limb of the tree for a punching bag.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
