scapegoats

Example Sentences

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Whatever the case, more scapegoats are almost certainly on the way.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

"I understand that populism is spreading all over the world and that people are trying to look for scapegoats, they're angry," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The irony, which Mr. Crow misses, is that Marat, with his lists of enemies and scapegoats and his lust for punishment, was the ancestor of the modern totalitarians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

But Roach has insightfully made this about people, not societal scapegoats.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Among the many scapegoats chosen were elderly women living alone, who were charged with witchcraft: Kepler’s mother was carried away in the middle of the night in a laundry chest.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan