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fault

[fawlt] / fɔlt /




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They suffer unexpected and debilitating health events, often through no fault of their own, and end up under a mountain of medical bills — health-related issues are still the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

The trick was to drain it of everything that makes a tort a tort: no defect, no fault, often no real proof that this defendant caused the alleged harm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

It can be preposterous and complicated to a fault.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Forensic police have been scouring the wreckage as authorities seek to establish how the fire started and why it was so deadly, looking at a possible electrical fault and also whether emergency exits were blocked.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

“I didn’t lie. It’s not my fault that Dad’s version of the truth is different from mine.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Sure, one might argue that in “The Odyssey,” Nolan is studying his own hubris, accepting the innate faults that come with bringing Homer to the big screen.

From Salon Jul. 18, 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

I think United States, with all of its faults, is still home.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

However, back-to-back double faults and another miss from the Italian gifted Kecmanovic his breakthrough in the ninth game, and the Serb did not flinch as he served out the first set to love.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Jorge complains incessantly about him, finding faults where there are none.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

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

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

"In the first game of the second set, I double faulted twice out of nowhere. That gave her belief. She started playing aggressively. What can I say? Well done."

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

It sounded true and likely to most of the crowd, especially those who faulted the sister.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

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

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

But both contortion and faulting may be due, on a small scale, to local causes, such as the intrusion of igneous rocks, the consolidation of strata, the falling in of old water-courses, &c.

From Geology by Geikie, James




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