fault
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"I understand there needs to be changes because the prisons are full to capacity. But that's not the victims' fault," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Daktronics was conservative to a fault for the 20+ years I was there,” a former employee told Torre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The the other driver was at fault and was properly insured.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Only after that did Pirro bother to review the evidence and conclude the renovation was at fault.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Their thoughts are jumbled, falling over one another: his fault . . . how could he .
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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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
He won 87% of points behind his first serve and hit 13 aces to two double faults.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
She also frankly admits her faults, of which she has many.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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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
Today, the Ledi Geraru area is a rugged landscape of faulted badlands.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 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 faulting them for designing their platforms to addict kids and for developing algorithms that show kids not what they want to see but what they cannot look away from."
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
In a cross profile of the region between the Wasatch Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west the number of mountain ridges due to faulting is at least a score.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
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