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used the government's economic policies as the whipping boy for every bad decision the company made
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The middle class or big corporations don’t want to become the mayor’s whipping boy.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
There will always be whipping boys at the World Cup, a team who arrive underprepared or in chaos of some description.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
Gordie is invisible to his mother and a whipping boy to his father.
—Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Yet Hojlund only has to look at Scott McTominay and how Conte revitalised his career in Naples after years of being a United whipping boy by some sections of the fan base.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
There will always be whipping boys at the World Cup, a team who arrive underprepared or in chaos of some description.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
Gordie is invisible to his mother and a whipping boy to his father.
—Sezin Devi Koehler September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Yet Hojlund only has to look at Scott McTominay and how Conte revitalised his career in Naples after years of being a United whipping boy by some sections of the fan base.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Whipping boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whipping%20boy. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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