culprits
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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
The main culprits of the bad fire seasons Canada suffered in 2023 and 2025 are homegrown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
Many of the culprits then were the same as those still driving extinctions across the nation today.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It was a two-seater with a window, so if there was mischief, Grandpappy could look out and see who the culprits were.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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