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1
as in raid
to take sudden, violent action against
He went at his opponent with such fervor, the fight was practically over before it began.
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2
as in approach
to start work on energetically
She went at that project with such enthusiasm, you could tell it was a labor of love.
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Recent Examples of goat
Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
The baby goats In Episode 5, Mark and Helly stumbled across a room at Lumon that was full of baby goats.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
So how do cows (and other ruminants like sheep, goats, buffalo, and camels) digest fiber?
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Kudos on firing the assistant coaches as scape goats for the humiliating mistake of letting Xavier Mckinney walk away into an All-Pro season and forcing them to scheme around an unreliable Banks.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Build fire barriers with beavers instead of bulldozers and goats instead of chain saws.
—Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
The baby goats In Episode 5, Mark and Helly stumbled across a room at Lumon that was full of baby goats.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
So how do cows (and other ruminants like sheep, goats, buffalo, and camels) digest fiber?
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Kudos on firing the assistant coaches as scape goats for the humiliating mistake of letting Xavier Mckinney walk away into an All-Pro season and forcing them to scheme around an unreliable Banks.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goat
Noun
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There was a young woman who dressed as a Boston Marathon bombing victim for Halloween.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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In January, they were spotted together visiting the World Central Kitchen in Pasadena, Calif., to help distribute food and supplies to victims of the Eaton Fire.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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In a tragic instant, Thompson became a scapegoat for the legitimate—but until now, amorphous—rage people have about America’s health-care system, in which a company’s profits can be someone else’s broken life.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
25 Jan. 2025
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Anti-immigrant sentiment is high in South Africa, where migrants are often used as scapegoats for other problems.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Don’t wait for late-arriving Easter to fire the starting gun for spring: April 1 is a good excuse to slough off the doldrums of winter and start exploring again.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Feb. 2025
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Lue wasn’t going to accept any excuses, even if the Clippers were playing short-handed because of a trade made earlier in the day.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Goat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goat. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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