accountable
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So we need to make sure that we’re holding these people accountable and stay eternally vigilant with everything that’s happening.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
"Any threat against the president is taken very seriously by the department, and our US Park Police will investigate this incident and hold those responsible accountable," the spokesperson said in a statement.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
“Our commitment to holding violent offenders accountable remains as strong today as it was on the day these crimes were committed,” San Diego County Dist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Tara Shulman, a wealth adviser at Compound Planning, said a key part of her role is creating a diversification plan and holding clients accountable to it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
And eventually he nodded slightly and said, “You want to take responsibility for what you have done, and you find it difficult to do that, to feel fully accountable if you cannot remember it?”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Vocabulary lists containing accountable
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