scapegoat

"My husband just became the scapegoat," Ritu Pant, 36, told AFP in her first sit-down interview since her husband's arrest in June.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

The group’s president, Basil Russo—a former Democratic politician from Cleveland—said Columbus had become a scapegoat for Western colonization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Is it actually dangerous for kids, or a scapegoat for a larger problem?

From Slate ● May 17, 2026

If something went awry, as things generally did, Jobs would find a scapegoat to eviscerate, preferably in front of everyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

He had the feeling that Brother Leon was that kind of character, that he would need a scapegoat and Brian would be closest at hand.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

“It’s important for them to let people know, ‘Hey, we’re here to figure out what’s going on and we’re here to correct it, not find individual scapegoats.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

He and the government find themselves caught between an increasingly incensed public and a justice system whose magistrates and prosecutors refuse to be made scapegoats.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

The temptation to find corporate scapegoats for social ills is great.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

This attempted rebranding relied, as always, on scapegoats.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

I should have been cursing the system, but my mom and dad were much more tangible scapegoats.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi