scapegoat
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Appeared in the May 15, 2026, print edition as 'California’s Latest Wildfire Scapegoat'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
A project designed to suit a man’s needs might instead create a Scapegoat Girlfriend, whose sole purpose is to receive and diffuse his rage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2017
Curtis also supports the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, which would designate 208,000 acres as a conservation management area and add nearly 70,000 acres to the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2014
Scapegoat … Bill Gates is the subject of a song by John Vanderslice.
From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2013
For more evidence of the use of fire to burn or expel witches on certain days of the year, see The Scapegoat pp.
From Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul by Frazer, James George, Sir
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