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culpability

[kuhl-puh-bil-i-tee] / ˌkʌl pəˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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In a tongue-in-cheek post to Instagram, Glass Animals - best known for their 2020 sleeper-hit Heat Waves - claimed culpability for the lunar lavatory malfunctions.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Instead, the book offers a bitingly funny and occasionally heartbreaking twist on the classic Instagram-versus-reality story, and a space to address our own culpability within the safe confines of fiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Two jurors interviewed after the verdict said the eight days of deliberation were filled with questions about culpability and what signal they wanted their decisions to send to Meta and YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Felony murder allows for an incredibly broad net of culpability, yet it is law in most states.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

He stamped me with a belief in justice, then drenched me in culpability, and I wouldn’t wish such torment even on a mosquito.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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