fault
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For the Ga Mantse, admitting fault does not dilute the guilt of European empires; rather, it solidifies Africa's moral standing and sets an example as to how to move forward.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the popular Reddit forum “Am I the Asshole?” users describe a personal experience and others weigh in on whether the person is at fault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
If he is found to be at fault and suspended, another by-election could be triggered.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We did not have our best last 12 months ever, which is mostly my fault, but we are about to have our best 12 months to date,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
He started to protest but soon gave up, since it was all his fault to begin with.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Sure, one might argue that in “The Odyssey,” Nolan is studying his own hubris, accepting the innate faults that come with bringing Homer to the big screen.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The region contains faults, volcanic structures, rifts, scarps, and active subduction and spreading zones, many located at depths that make detailed sonar mapping extremely difficult.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
For all its faults, Medicare Advantage is arguably the best healthcare program we have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He won 87% of points behind his first serve and hit 13 aces to two double faults.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master: I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Inflation watchers in the private sector said the BEA move was justified, but they faulted the agency for not giving the public a heads up, even for such a nerdy statistical thing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Their ire was directed at one man in particular: coach Hong Myung-bo, a former captain and footballing hero now faulted for his team's unimpressive run on the biggest sporting stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Guerra said while Bass can do much of her job from another city for a day, a mayor is often faulted for not being front and center during an emergency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Two people were faulted for taking rides in private aircraft, while another six were cited for flying first class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
As the night shadows drifted from the peaks, Eilonwy lit her golden sphere and set it in the crevice of a faulted rock.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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Because SMRs form through the same type of faulting, moonquakes may also occur across the lunar maria wherever these ridges exist.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
Blaming hip hop for these realities is like faulting a photograph for its subject matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
"We are faulting them for designing their platforms to addict kids and for developing algorithms that show kids not what they want to see but what they cannot look away from."
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
“This deferential standard of review leaves no basis for faulting the Commission’s work,” the appeals court had concluded then in its opinion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
Perhaps thousands of years after the overthrust was accomplished another tremendous faulting still further modified the landscape of to-day.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
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