fault
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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
"We've not done anything wrong - it's not our fault that the prisons are full," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
There’s a 14.3% chance that quake would happen on the Hayward fault; a 7.4% chance it would be on the Calaveras fault; and a 6.4% chance it would be on the San Andreas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She had been bitten, once, by an avanc—entirely her own fault, Leonor scolded, for getting too close—and it had gone septic, and her great-aunt had had to sit up with her for seven nights running.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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These are also used by East Midlands Railway, which has also suffered toilet faults with its fleet.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
For all its faults, Medicare Advantage is arguably the best healthcare program we have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“But, Sara Louise Bradshaw—” Franklin D. Roosevelt for all his faults never failed to call me by my full name.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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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
Guerra said while Bass can do much of her job from another city for a day, a mayor is often faulted for not being front and center during an emergency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
This was simply Zverev's best chance to win his first Grand Slam - and he cannot be faulted for grabbing it with both hands.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
The airline faulted its heavy reliance on CrowdStrike, while the tech companies pointed to Delta’s own technology and decisions in the outage’s immediate aftermath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
It sounded true and likely to most of the crowd, especially those who faulted the sister.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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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
Over the greater part of this region the Triassic beds are free from folding and are nearly horizontal, but faulting is by no means absent, especially along the margins of the Bohemian and Rhenish hills.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
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