attributing

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Clayton-Thomas left the band in 1972, attributing his departure to exhaustion from years of relentless touring.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

If attributing the outbreak of the Civil War to the publication of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was an exaggeration, it was a defensible one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

He now identifies as “semi-retired,” attributing his work status to the 40 hours a week or more he spends monitoring his Rocket Lab investment and the space industry at large.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Chopra responded, “Nothing human is foreign to me,” attributing that to a “Roman poet whose name I forget.”

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Even her father noticed, attributing it to the peace of abundance.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende