fault
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He told the group: "I'm so sorry, that's my fault."
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
The reforms will help, but more are needed, including fixing the state’s scaffold law that holds property owners and contractors fully liable for gravity-related construction injuries even if a worker is at fault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mrs. Liggett said it was all the Herdmans’ fault in the first place.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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He faults the doomers for having “managed to make the debate between safe and unsafe,” and he maintains that “a lot of their proposals are extraordinarily unsafe or also dangerous in other ways.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Two of the most important fault systems in Southern California are the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Two double faults in the first game saw Boulter drop serve early and world number six Noskova steamrolled her way through the opening four games before wrapping up the set.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The West’s foray eastward, for all its faults, sparked a productive cross-pollination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He studied them for a few days, trying to figure it out, looking for individual faults.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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But bureau employees have faulted Patel for how he’s handled it.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
A federal investigation faulted Boeing for the incident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
Celia wonders whether Cuba will be left behind, alone in the Caribbean sea with its faulted and folded mountains, its conquests, its memories.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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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 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
The striking features of the Peckforton Hills are due to the repeated faulting of the Lower Keuper Sandstone, which lies upon beds of Bunter Sandstone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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