straw man
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But this is an obituary for a straw man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It’s just a straw man that Oldham dreamed up to defend ghost gun buyers—whom he depicted, with a straight face, as noble, “law-abiding” gunsmiths partaking in a grand American “tradition of self-made arms.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2024
The commissioner’s office sees the players’ complaint as a straw man.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
I respectfully suggest that this is a straw man even an Alaskan salmon could identify.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2023
He looked a straw man set out to announce some holiday.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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