fault
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“This fault in us I find,” she says, of women generally, “the error of our eye doth direct our mind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
In response, Palantir told Global Women there was "no evidence that Palantir's software was at fault in this terrible tragedy".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
At the same time, officials in the office debated filing a claim against the state to argue that the overpayments were not the fault of the employees, according to the audit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
On terrorism, he was unequivocal that the victim is never at fault.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was not Karli’s fault he had been born like that.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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If a judge faults an environmental review, agencies could correct the purported lapse rather than restart the permitting process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
All the recent L.A. mayors I’ve known had their faults and failures, whether the task was filling potholes, building out transit or addressing the high cost of housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
To investigate the relationship between the faults, Goldfinger and his colleagues studied deep sea sediment cores containing about 3,100 years of geologic history.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
However, nerves did show when Rybakina threw in two double faults as she served for the title.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“It will hide any little faults in our make-up. Perhaps the moon will come out later.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The law firm faulted a “roadway defect” and demanded $3 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But bureau employees have faulted Patel for how he’s handled it.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
It sounded true and likely to most of the crowd, especially those who faulted the sister.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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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 faulting them for designing their platforms to addict kids and for developing algorithms that show kids not what they want to see but what they cannot look away from."
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
There was certainly no faulting Newcastle's effort in this loss against Barcelona - right up until the last breath.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
That's the way you do be picking at me and faulting me.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
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