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whipping boys

noun

plural of whipping boy

as in victims

a person or thing taking the blame for others used the government's economic policies as the whipping boy for every bad decision the company made

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The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the victims as 21-year-old Leah Fonte and 21-year-old Shane Hirstius, who were engaged.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has begun notifying victims impacted by a recent data breach of driver’s license and motor vehicle data, but not everyone whose information was stolen will receive an alert.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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The Livestock Birthing Barn celebrated more than 90 animal births of piglets, goats, calves, lambs and chicks.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
The city has already deployed goats to chomp away at invasive brush along the hillsides, but Cosgrove, who wrote Measure M, said more work is necessary to protect the community.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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Some veterans say recruiters deceived them and Haitian authorities tortured them; their families call them scapegoats.

— Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
This tradition viewed progressive nationalism as using promises of reform and demagogic tirades against scapegoats abroad to distract from their own corruption and irresponsibility.

— Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

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