scapegoat
Example Sentences
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Perhaps because Mr. Kennedy and vaccine opponents have made vaccines an autism scapegoat.
As lawsuits pile up and calls for regulation grow, some caution that scapegoating AI for broader mental health concerns ignores the myriad factors that play a role in mental well-being.
From Los Angeles Times
"Using nature as a scapegoat means that the government will be less effective at tackling some of the genuine challenges facing the planning system," the report said.
From BBC
Israel was shoehorned into “whiteness” so it could be made a scapegoat.
A furious denial also came from the RSF, denouncing what it called "all biased statements against them" and attempts to scapegoat it in order to cover up the army's rejection of the truce.
From BBC
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