culprit

Example Sentences

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One could run down the list of culprits and struggle to find a single bright spot.

From Barron's

And Mateta has been the chief culprit for their struggles in front of goal, scoring four fewer than expected - though seven other Palace players are also underperforming their xG by one goal or more.

From BBC

A sputtering crypto market appeared to be one of the culprits on Monday.

From Barron's

“The culprit was not U.S. economic news or Fed messaging, but rather Japanese yields. Fiscal populism on top of already very high debt/GDP issues lifted back-end JGB yields abruptly,” Purves says.

From MarketWatch

A chief culprit is Intel, which slumped after downbeat quarterly results.

From The Wall Street Journal