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fault

[fawlt] / fɔlt /




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Pegg said he had previously been putting his symptoms down to "just character fault".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

“But it’s not really his fault, right, George?” asked Owen, and George nodded in agreement.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

Two of the most important fault systems in Southern California are the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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

However, nerves did show when Rybakina threw in two double faults as she served for the title.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

But the real problem wasn’t that—wasn’t an accumulation of small faults.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

Coach VanBuren’s picture of Jesse running a 440 against Dwyer High—Jesse lost that race, but from the picture you couldn’t be faulted for believing that he was about to sail to victory.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

The Neogene beds, on the other hand, are not affected by the folds, although by faulting without folding they have in some places been raised to a height of nearly 6000 ft.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various




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