culprit
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He suggested that perhaps dynamite might be the culprit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He was initially tested for Lyme, and it wasn’t until a monthslong antibody study that the Bourbon virus—so far found in only a handful of cases nationwide—was finally pinpointed as the culprit.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then on Wednesday, nearly a week after Hugging Face raised the alarm, the true culprit was unmasked.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The next day the agency said the test was a false positive, though it still believed Taylor Farms lettuce from the region is the culprit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
She still suspected that he might have been the culprit who released the squirrel at the holiday ball, in order to provoke the children into wolfish fits.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The main culprits of the bad fire seasons Canada suffered in 2023 and 2025 are homegrown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are more obvious culprits for HHS’s failure to protect Americans from this outbreak.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Listing agents are also culprits in this pattern, as they want to work with the celebrity and oblige their unrealistic expectations,” he explains.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Real yields, and the factors pushing them higher, are the true culprits behind higher 10-year yields.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Facing the culprits, Bernabe sighed, “Ai, Chihuahua,” and removed a pad from his back pocket.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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