responsibility
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With people making potentially life-or-death decisions based on his posts, Esko said he felt the weight of responsibility.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Jaques agrees, but says the responsibility should not all be placed on young people to become more resilient.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
And then we invested more into the finance team that was supporting what we call our operating units—so, the brand teams that have P&L responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
There were “many efforts at that time to define a so-called Christian moral politics around what they call family values, personal responsibility, what they defined as appropriate expression of sexuality and patriotism,” Drake said.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Like the last person in the household to retire for the night, it would be Jefferson’s responsibility to close up the fireplace and “rake the ashes over the coals.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Species that live this way form colonies containing overlapping generations, cooperate in raising young and divide reproductive responsibilities.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Unlike renting, homeownership can come with new responsibilities like mowing the lawn — and new expenses like homeowners association fees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
While there aren’t as many internship opportunities, those that remain often come with higher-level responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Times, a longtime Mulholland booster, blamed “a faulty system which loads upon any man’s shoulders, no matter how broad, responsibilities that are too heavy for any man to bear.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The underlying problem was that Boukreev’s notion of his responsibilities differed substantially from Fischer’s.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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