culprit
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They insist the chief culprit is something else: an end to the flow into the U.S. economy of new workers from overseas — those who enter legally as well as those coming in illegally.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The surprising discovery points to an overlooked culprit: the brain's own immune cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The company said they then used AI to identify the alleged culprit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The primary culprit, this time around, was a punishing bond selloff powered by rising oil prices, ballooning deficits and resilient economic growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Headmarveller Rivera plucked the culprit from Samaira's grip.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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 biggest culprits were young Israelis, the report found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Facing the culprits, Bernabe sighed, “Ai, Chihuahua,” and removed a pad from his back pocket.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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