culprit
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Cook’s experience is notable because the culprit was a family member and wingman to the comedian while he reshaped his industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
And deeper challenges will remain; Right to Buy is not the only culprit of Britain's social housing shortage, she says.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
But a close look at the rest of the Florida races reveals the culprit in Nixon’s narrow loss.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
“The bond market has a cold. The equity market may have a cold; and the culprit comes from tech,” said George Catrambone, head of fixed income, Americas, at DWS, on Friday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Ranofer stood like a culprit, head hanging and face burning with humiliation.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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His role is to make sure best practice is shared across different police forces to avoid "displacement" - when one force has success driving down one type of crime locally but culprits move elsewhere.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Two of the biggest culprits appear to be profit margins and price/earnings multiples.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026
Among the culprits: owners letting their land, the youths delivering the fuel to run the mining machinery, but also "certain officials" in both Ivory Coast and abroad financing illegal mines to reap the profits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 2024 then–Surgeon General Vivek Murthy identified one of the main culprits: “A ‘culture of comparison’—often perpetuated online—around milestones, parenting and achievements, ‘has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind.’
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
She wondered if he had been one of the culprits who had destroyed her traps.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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