sacrificial lamb
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Former Brighton MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle told the BBC he had been made a "sacrificial lamb" after Labour suspended him following a complaint about his behaviour.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
Diaz, they felt, was little more than a sacrificial lamb at the altar of pachuquismo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
If airlines need to cut flights, they’ll use one from New York as a sacrificial lamb “because it gives them more options for rerouting passengers,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
“This has been handled so terribly on so many levels, there will be a sacrificial lamb here or there.”
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022
Take me instead, I’ll be your sacrificial lamb.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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