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- noun Plural form of
scapegoat . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
scapegoat .
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Examples
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The country is as racist as it ever was, and the white population is still selfishly, even pathologically, venting its anger at and fashioning its scapegoats from the least among us -- African-Americans.
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Transferred nationalism, like the use of scapegoats, is a way of attaining salvation without altering ones conduct.
Notes on Nationalism 1945
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Milli Vanilli frontman says duo were musical 'scapegoats' - USATODAY. com
Milli Vanilli frontman says duo were musical 'scapegoats' 2010
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Other scapegoats were the lousy weather (see my aforementioned near-death experience) and the location itself.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2003
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Among the scapegoats was the Duc de Chartres, who was accused of failing to read signals properly and, worse, shying from battle.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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Among the scapegoats was the Duc de Chartres, who was accused of failing to read signals properly and, worse, shying from battle.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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Depending on a person's politics and philosophy, the scapegoats could be the U.S. President, the ACLU, the Ford Foundation, or Vladimir Putin.
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In the United States the scapegoats were the Viet Nam war, speculation, the balance of payments, foreign exchange rates, prices, wages, business, and labor.
Mises Dailies 2009
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Unfortunately, it was "scapegoats" not "solutions" that many in his district were looking for.
Jim Wallis: Voting Against Jim Wallis 2010
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Unfortunately, it was "scapegoats" not "solutions" that many in his district were looking for.
Jim Wallis: Voting Against Jim Wallis 2010
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