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
"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 premise of Neal Schore’s book “The 25th Hour” is that certain self-destructive emotions are often the true culprits behind time-management problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
There are more obvious culprits for HHS’s failure to protect Americans from this outbreak.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 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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