blame
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He said the emphasis should not be on pinning blame on individuals but finding the cause: "We need to know what is killing our elephants."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The sale process comes just eight months on from Khun Top saying he is shouldering the blame for the club's drastic recent demise.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Polizzi said the county-wide slump in TV and film production is partially to blame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The tragedy would be to blame capitalism for our failure of imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“I’ll take the blame for that one,” Macon said.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
The company blames a power company, which was working on the warehouse’s roof, for the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The curve for natural-gas prices is flat — they look fairly consistent — which Smith blames on past abundance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
A retired fisherman from the same town, Twaha Yusuf, told AFP he had not seen a Dugong, the beloved manatee-like sea mammals, for 40 years -- and blames the trawlers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Iran blames the smuggling on criminal groups, who are able to buy fuel cheaply because the regime sells petrol and diesel at subsidised prices to Iranian citizens.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
She has accepted the loss of her limbs but blames an out-of-control medical system for the outcome.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
The gulf between perception and reality then and now can’t be blamed on Mr. Netanyahu, nor TikTok or social media, which did not yet exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Every generation gets blamed for everything,” she said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He blamed the rapid spread on "tinder dry" conditions and said the "devastation is extensive".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The 2015-16 El Niño, while very strong in the ocean, did not, though the pattern was blamed for record beach erosion along the California coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She had a feeling any bad fortune would be blamed on Ivan from now on.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
The Malaysian Meteorological Department urged locals to stay indoors, with director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip blaming a "cross-border haze phenomenon from Kalimantan."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
For fiscal 2027, the company expects revenue to decline at a mid-single-digit percentage rate compared with the prior outlook of a slight decline, blaming softer demand in North America and Asia-Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Addressing Bear, Judge Morgan said: "What you did in that three to four month period is simply victim blaming."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
On Tuesday, government fire officials released their investigation into last year’s devastating Eaton fire, blaming Edison’s century-old transmission line, which the utility kept in place even though it had not carried power since 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s time you made a beginning, instead of looking down at other people and always blaming them!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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