accountability
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“If they had said ‘We’re so sorry, we messed up’ — if there had been some accountability — we wouldn’t be where we are today,” Carrie Hanna said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
She writes from a place that’s a tangle of personal struggle, accountability and owning the pain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Morgan said she was "absolutely" ready "to take accountability and responsibility" for the NHS.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Maine’s has been on the books since 1989, and it is a perfect test case for this long-overlooked path to accountability.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing accountability
The Hate U Give
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The Other Wes Moore
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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