scapegoats
Example Sentences
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Sports loves scapegoats, but it can’t be pinned on one moment or individual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The temptation to find corporate scapegoats for social ills is great.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Kenyan human rights activist Hussein Khalid urged the government to take urgent measures to protect them, saying that Tanzanian authorities were using Kenyans as "scapegoats for the atrocities committed by police against Tanzanians".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
He and editor Andy Jurgensen keep the tenor strictly rat-a-tat, so his riskiest choice is that he trusts we’ll feel awful about these scapegoats even without close-ups of teary faces behind bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
I should have been cursing the system, but my mom and dad were much more tangible scapegoats.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
