sacrificial lamb
Example Sentences
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Some will see him now as a victim, a sacrificial lamb, a man who had the bravery to speak up about the problems the club faced and who got driven out because of it.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Diaz, they felt, was little more than a sacrificial lamb at the altar of pachuquismo.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2022
If airlines need to cut flights, they’ll use one from New York as a sacrificial lamb “because it gives them more options for rerouting passengers,” he said.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022
“This has been handled so terribly on so many levels, there will be a sacrificial lamb here or there.”
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022
I had offered myself as a sacrificial lamb for Nelson.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
