blame
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"The stories about 'no one woke me up' are over. You knew, you ignored, you failed, you are to blame," he said in a video posted on social media.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Experts also blame climate change, decades of forest degradation and slash-and-burn land clearing practices that have changed the naturally fire-resistant landscape.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mr. Bush, in contrast and to his credit, didn’t blame his staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Like many young people here, they blame the police for the deaths on the A66.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“You know as well as I do that the Blythes don’t want anyone to know Russell associated with me. It’s you who’s to blame if it all comes out!”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
“Director Matson now blames me for his ostrich troubles and his conflict of interest troubles,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Money and Mental Health, a charity, also blames the design of online shopping sites for "minimising the friction around spending money".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Williams blames the freeholder for underinsuring the building.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
She blames us — and her biological brother — for everything bad that happened to her.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
I can tell she feels pity for me and blames herself for not having been a better mother and stopped me from being so rebellious.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
It has in the past blamed individual employees for isolated attempts to obtain other companies’ technology, according to court filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Even among those who did, many blamed the epidemic on miasma—conditions attributed to odors, stagnant water or unseen particles in the atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
They are fighting a perilous battle with limited weapons against fires blamed in part on a stronger-than-usual episode of the El Nino climate phenomenon parching Southeast Asia.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The following summer, ministers blamed members of the public who littered and caused drains to block.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
“I blamed it on the extra sandwiches we packed. Still, we made it to England swiftly, thanks to favorable winds.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The former leader quit the helm with two years left of his second term in 2005, blaming poor health.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Yet authorities have historically avoided blaming industrial actors for causing large-scale fires.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
But when he posted on Reddit about his experience, he got a different response from Bilt about the source of the problem, blaming a different banking partner.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
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’s no sense blaming him for this, it was my idea.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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