scapegoats
Example Sentences
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Scapegoats are vilified as a tacit warning to cult members, an example of what could happen to them if they stray too far from the rest of the flock.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
Scapegoats are sought to blame for problems they didn’t create.
From Forbes • Jul. 24, 2015
The chapter titled "Scapegoats and Sexual Hysteria" reads like a blueprint of events 15 years later.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010
Scapegoats "Parents are told to play the role of their child's advocate, to demand everything they want from schools," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2010
Scapegoats were wanted, and, as a natural consequence, the two most energetic and hard-worked of the Queen's servants were attacked.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis
