culprit

Childhood obesity has been rising in the UK for decades, and scientists have generally identified a simple culprit: increased consumption of junk food.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Road debris that drivers don’t notice is one culprit, car designers and testers say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

But hitting into double plays has been a major culprit behind the Dodgers’ recent offensive struggles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

He was initially tested for Lyme, and it wasn’t until a monthslong antibody study that the Bourbon virus—so far found in only a handful of cases nationwide—was finally pinpointed as the culprit.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ranofer stood like a culprit, head hanging and face burning with humiliation.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Many of the culprits then were the same as those still driving extinctions across the nation today.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

There are more obvious culprits for HHS’s failure to protect Americans from this outbreak.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Crisps, chocolate bars and ice cream are identified as the culprits of this tendency, which the study viewed as "representing an early form of self-medication".

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

An influential research paper from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab pointed at infrastructure and much-needed upgrade costs as the possible main culprits behind higher bills, at least for the moment.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

She wondered if he had been one of the culprits who had destroyed her traps.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer