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poster child

noun as in perfect representative of something

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By early this week, he had become an unexpected poster child and de facto spokesman for the outrage felt by millions of people, from both sides of the aisle, who treasure America’s parks.

CNN also remains in the crosshairs of President Trump and the political right, who have made the network the poster child for their attacks on the mainstream press.

“This year, unfortunately, I couldn’t have asked for a better poster child for this process than Southern California.”

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Boyd has described formaldehyde as a sort of poster child for the EPA’s inability to regulate chemicals.

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Springfield, Ohio was plagued by bomb threats after the Trump campaign repeatedly smeared the Haitian community there and used the town as a poster child for the perceived woes of immigration.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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