culpable
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It has no enforcement mechanism, and previous efforts by Singapore to hold companies linked to wildfires legally culpable have also stalled.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
We, the audience, are the final piece of the puzzle, the culpable players who not only ate up the original “To Catch a Predator,” but all the media and memes that spun off it.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
It has two weeks to establish the causes of the deaths and identify who was responsible and can recommend legal action against anyone found culpable.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Clippers president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended without pay for one year for “being primarily and directly culpable for the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for providing false and misleading statements to investigators.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Still, both of these young people were culpable and must look to themselves now, examine their souls, consider this a matter of conscience.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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