blame

They blame corruption in the justice system, and the prosecutor's office.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Although it’s his version of normal, Randolph said he wouldn’t blame the boy if Carter curled up in a ball and sulked about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

This comment seems designed to set the blame for any tightening on other Fed members.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

You can’t really blame them if their response to the self-absorbed internal monologues of an unreliable narrator is, Oh, boo hoo.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

So when a well-dressed, middle-aged painter named Louis Béroud asked Brigadier Paupardin where the Mona Lisa had gone, the guard knew who to blame.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The father of a teenager from Guinea with sickle cell disease who died days after he was arrested for cheating in an exam has told the BBC he blames the authorities for his death.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Management mostly blames a strained consumer and insists conditions will improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Judge blames bond-market turmoil and rising interest rates, which hit leveraged bond funds and drove away many private investors.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

A retired fisherman from the same town, Twaha Yusuf, told AFP he had not seen a Dugong, the beloved manatee-like sea mammals, for 40 years -- and blames the trawlers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

‘I had a good reason for that! At any rate, now Zeus blames me for everything - Octavian’s schemes, the fall of Delphi -’ ‘Wait.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

French firefighting authorities have blamed the phenomenon for the blazes near Bordeaux, adding that it had never before been seen in the country.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The state-run insurer that covers healthcare for workers, Comwel, blamed his death on overwork following an investigation.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Del Castillo blamed the Mexican government for being largely “negligent” when it comes to policing coastal areas and the high seas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

It was blamed in part on the building’s highly flammable cladding and lack of alarms, sprinklers and a fire escape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The vice president of the Durham Merchants Association complained, with some justification, that the business community was being blamed for all of Durham’s ills.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The New York magazine story indicated that Harris was blaming political consultants for her loss in 2024.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Firetruck makers dispute market manipulation claims, blaming post-pandemic demand, supply-chain disruptions and a lack of skilled workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

It said the blast furnaces were "no longer financially sustainable," blaming "highly challenging" market conditions, tariffs and costs associated with moving to lower-carbon production techniques.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

However, IBM collapsed more than 25 percent after releasing disappointing preliminary second-quarter results, blaming a shift in spending by customers caused by expected higher prices for memory chips and other AI-related infrastructure.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

You could walk with care along between the rocks, picking your steps, and if you slipped you’d fall and cut yourself, but it was no use blaming the rocks.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood