sacrificial lamb
Example Sentences
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However, he admitted to feeling like a "sacrificial lamb" after a framework agreement between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund, which funds LIV, was announced in June last year.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
Mr. Arredondo’s lawyer said the former chief was being “forced into the role of the ‘fall guy,’ ‘the sacrificial lamb.’
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022
Diaz, they felt, was little more than a sacrificial lamb at the altar of pachuquismo.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 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
