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scapegoat

noun as in person who takes blame for another's action

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Perhaps because Mr. Kennedy and vaccine opponents have made vaccines an autism scapegoat.

As lawsuits pile up and calls for regulation grow, some caution that scapegoating AI for broader mental health concerns ignores the myriad factors that play a role in mental well-being.

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"Using nature as a scapegoat means that the government will be less effective at tackling some of the genuine challenges facing the planning system," the report said.

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Israel was shoehorned into “whiteness” so it could be made a scapegoat.

A furious denial also came from the RSF, denouncing what it called "all biased statements against them" and attempts to scapegoat it in order to cover up the army's rejection of the truce.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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