fault
Example Sentences
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“It’s nobody’s fault but my own, but I just feel it’s unfair,” said Torres, who now lives in a tent in Chinatown.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
The episode exposed a fault line in Silicon Valley between engineers who viewed autonomous targeting as an ethical red line and defense officials who saw it as essential.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
People in Brenchley, Matfield, Pembury, Lamberhurst and surrounding villages lost their supply on Thursday morning after the fault on a key main from Bewl Water Treatment Works, in East Sussex.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
There he sat in the public gallery, Don Corleone-esque, daring the Supreme Court to find fault with his read on birthright citizenship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
“Well, I was very unprepared and it’s your fault, Jakob. Documents to sign? The Park?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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