fault
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"Their lives have been turned upside down through no fault of their own. They will be going through hell."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In the popular Reddit forum “Am I the Asshole?” users describe a personal experience and others weigh in on whether the person is at fault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
If he is found to be at fault and suspended, another by-election could be triggered.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The earthquake’s epicenter was close to the Hayward fault, one of the Bay Area’s most dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She was a loyal friend, calm in a crisis, resourceful in a pinch, and optimistic to a fault.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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
After exchanging points, Gauff - the player with the most double faults on the WTA Tour this season - suffered a lapse of concentration and landed just her second double fault of the match.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
For all its faults, Medicare Advantage is arguably the best healthcare program we have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
George ignored him and kept listing his faults.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
NASA’s inspector general repeatedly has faulted supplier performance and how officials conducted oversight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
The monks can’t be faulted for their ignorance.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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
Entering the shutdown, polls indicated the country was split over who would be to blame, with 19% of Americans faulting Democrats and 26% charging Republicans, according to a New York Times poll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
It is very often bent or folded, and even more often faulted; the faulting may be of great complexity, making it extremely difficult to follow the vein.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
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