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culprit

[kuhl-prit] / ˈkʌl prɪt /


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A research team at North Carolina State University has confirmed that the culprit is Prionus imbricornus, a species of longhorn beetle distinguished by its long antennae.

From Science Daily ● 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

It will prove an enticement for viewers, too, to see whether some woman is feral enough to have committed Helen’s murder, or the culprit was some single-minded man who outwitted the system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

His inability to straighten his knees all the way may have been the culprit, preventing him from locking his forelegs in the upright position.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

"This is very restrictive injunctive relief that's going to require them to change a lot of the policies that we had identified as the culprits in what we call the war on childhood," Robertson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The main culprits of the bad fire seasons Canada suffered in 2023 and 2025 are homegrown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Blame the wind and the rain and the sun and the earth: they cannot refute it, they are the culprits.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya


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