blame
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Desperate to split, she wrote “I Will Always Love You,” presenting their increasingly toxic dynamic as one-sided—and taking most of the blame: “If I should stay/I would only be in your way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Two months later, Black was out of the job early, and he would come to blame his messy downfall on one of his closest associates, Josh Harris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I can’t blame my lawyers and my agents at that time, but somehow we let ‘Blade Runner’ go,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Asbestos killed my mum in her 40s – was her school to blame?
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Do you blame me?" asked Jeremy, turning so that the dragon would be in clear view.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
The company blames a power company, which was working on the warehouse’s roof, for the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The father of a teenager from Guinea with sickle cell disease who died days after he was arrested for cheating in an exam has told the BBC he blames the authorities for his death.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The curve for natural-gas prices is flat — they look fairly consistent — which Smith blames on past abundance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
He has a facial tic that he blames on his concussions and a limp stemming from back problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“He’s this half-blood kid we brought to camp last winter. He, uh . . . he asked me to guard his sister on a quest, and I failed. She died. Now he blames me.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
As time went by, he blamed delays on the manufacturer’s summer vacation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Steak ’n Shake dumped vegetable oil—which Kennedy has blamed for fueling obesity and inflammation—in favor of beef tallow, and switched to Grade A Wisconsin butter versus a blend containing seed oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Some blamed the shift in sentiment on worries about increasing competition from China.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Many anxiously eyed a recent price crash in Malaysia, blamed on an unusually bumper harvest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Then I picture myself being blamed for something I absolutely didn’t do, and I force myself to put together a list.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Signs quickly piled up at his roadside memorial blaming Bustillos for the chain of events and telling other drivers to slow down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
There has even been a surge of conspiracy theories blaming Patrick Clancy, Lindsay’s ex-husband and father to the deceased children, for the killings.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
By Friday night, those talks collapsed, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney blaming last-minute additions the U.S. reportedly sought.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Bond yields are at 19-year highs, and investors are blaming the rout on everything from the continuing U.S.-Iran conflict, which has stoked inflation worries, to the deluge of tech-company bonds vying for debt funds’ cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
“All that work, down the drain. I’m not blaming you, Katniss. It’s just that very few people are born with camera-ready faces. Like him.”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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