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fault

[fawlt] / fɔlt /




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"I understand there needs to be changes because the prisons are full to capacity. But that's not the victims' fault," she said.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Driver said the accident wasn’t their fault, and that they were cruising down a country road in the middle of France when another vehicle failed to stop at an intersection.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Only after that did Pirro bother to review the evidence and conclude the renovation was at fault.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

“I can’t fault people from wanting to graduate early — I mean, I did it myself,” Erle said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

“That was our fault, mine and Rowdy’s. They thought we were going to hurt them. That’s why they bit us.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

I had my notebook open beside me, ready to catalogue the toast’s faults.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

The region contains faults, volcanic structures, rifts, scarps, and active subduction and spreading zones, many located at depths that make detailed sonar mapping extremely difficult.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

For all its faults, Medicare Advantage is arguably the best healthcare program we have.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

However, back-to-back double faults and another miss from the Italian gifted Kecmanovic his breakthrough in the ninth game, and the Serb did not flinch as he served out the first set to love.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“But to expose the former faults of any person without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable. We acted with the best intentions.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Inflation watchers in the private sector said the BEA move was justified, but they faulted the agency for not giving the public a heads up, even for such a nerdy statistical thing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Among a list of eight acute budget issues, the July 2 letter faulted the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Today, the Ledi Geraru area is a rugged landscape of faulted badlands.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

The Belarusian, 27, had been on track to take the opening set but double faulted as she looked to serve it out.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

Mr. Dannenberg talked about the people he faulted for his son’s death.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Because SMRs form through the same type of faulting, moonquakes may also occur across the lunar maria wherever these ridges exist.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

Blaming hip hop for these realities is like faulting a photograph for its subject matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

"We are not faulting the social media companies for failure to remove malign content from their platforms," Bergman told AFP.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

Environmental regulators are faulting Chiquita Canyon Landfill for making “no meaningful improvement” in reducing noxious odors emanating from the Castaic facility and have ordered operators to take additional steps to address the problem.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2024

They appear to be associated with faulting upon the inner margin of the chain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various




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