scapegoat
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“I’m the scapegoat for everyone,” he told The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Is L.A. the villain, the scapegoat, or both?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Lawyer Giovanni Paolo Accinni, a member of his legal team, told Italian media Castellucci was nothing more than a "scapegoat" who in truth had "insisted that the pier reinforcement work be carried out".
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Real Madrid midfielder has faced criticism recently for some of his England performances but has previously claimed he was made a "scapegoat" in the camp.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
This didn’t satisfy many people, and a second scapegoat soon emerged: the firefighters.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
“It’s important for them to let people know, ‘Hey, we’re here to figure out what’s going on and we’re here to correct it, not find individual scapegoats.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Some say they are being used as easy scapegoats for the rising cost of living, with the hostility concentrated on them because they form the largest group of asylum seekers.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
This attempted rebranding relied, as always, on scapegoats.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 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
I should have been cursing the system, but my mom and dad were much more tangible scapegoats.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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