accountable
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After months of fires in Indonesia that have caused thick regional haze, attention is turning to whether companies can be held accountable for the blazes and resulting air pollution.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
“When parents refuse to hold their children accountable and that refusal to parent results in unspeakable tragedy,” Spitzer said, “then I have no choice but to hold parents accountable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"This week is about getting back to who we are - hungry, accountable to each other and demanding more of ourselves than anyone outside this group ever could."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Oasis says that Vail’s current board has failed to hold the company accountable for the erosion of its valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That the military was accountable, reasonable, and was kept in check by concentric circles of regulations, laws, common sense, common decency.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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