culprit
Example Sentences
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The Paris deputy mayor thinks she’s found the culprit for a heat wave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Images shared with the BBC show the culprit, who we are not naming out of respect for the family, posing with other prisoners inside the jail, despite strict rules banning mobile phones.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
"When the real culprit turned out to be bird flu, everyone in the field was caught completely by surprise. We hadn't even remotely considered that cattle could be a host for H5N1."
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
Airfares increased about 7% between April and May and a whopping 27% year over year, making the high cost of long-haul flights one likely culprit for the domestic-travel trend.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
To do so would have forced people to look elsewhere for a culprit — a search that would have invited questions about the city’s blatant lack of emergency planning.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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