fault
Example Sentences
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That this “Great Performances” presentation fails so spectacularly isn’t any one person’s fault.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
In the end, some 8,000 small seismic events were induced along the targeted fault, but also, surprisingly, along other faults running perpendicular to the main one, sparking local magnitudes ranging from -5 to -0.14.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Playing a childless, vain, pitch-perfect vision of Los Angeles’ wickedness in “Maps to the Stars,” Julianne Moore mothered so hard she almost separated California right down the San Andreas fault line.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
This is the fault of the format more than of the candidates themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
It’s my fault she’s in trouble, it’s my fault, mine, mine...
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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