Thesaurus results for FALL GUYS

fall guys

noun

plural of fall guy

as in victims

a person or thing taking the blame for others the sandlot ball players wanted the littlest kid to be the fall guy for the broken window, figuring that he'd have the best chance of escaping punishment

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On Sunday, Jordan’s Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah attended a funeral held for the victims while Jordan’s King Abdullah II visited the injured in the hospital earlier.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Relatives of the victims said the arrests brought them some relief.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 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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None of this excuses Chris’ malicious behavior, not just toward Carrie but toward her future stepsister, Brooklyn (Rowan Danielle), and the school as a whole, mostly via a fake Instagram account devoted to smearing students and faculty alike.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
They are held to a standard that doesn't include entitlement, excuses, or any agenda other than TEAM.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of excuses

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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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