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fault

[fawlt] / fɔlt /




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The Associated Press reported that the agreement “does not include an admission of fault or liability but says the county has ended the program at issue and has no intention of reactivating it.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Serena produced two service winners to force the tie-break back on serve, but Kostyuk and Stearns held firm before securing victory on a double fault from Venus.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

If he is found to be at fault and suspended, another by-election could be triggered.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The character he plays here is loquacious to a fault, though.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“It’s kind of my fault she’s in trouble,” I say.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

That way, people can “take responsibility” for their faults and reconcile with God “in order to make a new future possible.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Runner-up Rybakina had one ace and four double faults, hitting just 13 winners and making 23 unforced errors in total.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

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

Jesse is dead, and it’s my fault or her fault or both our faults.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

Their ire was directed at one man in particular: coach Hong Myung-bo, a former captain and footballing hero now faulted for his team's unimpressive run on the biggest sporting stage.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

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

From Science Daily May 16, 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

State officials alleged that Park Ventura residents wandered away without proper supervision, in two cases faulting Steve Krivitsky specifically for failing to observe changes in a resident who left the premises as a result.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2025

Erosion working down on a complex vein displaced by faulting and folding may bring several parts of the same vein to the surface, developing what seem to be separate vein apices.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith




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