accountable
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Now environmental advocates are pushing state regulators to crack down by requiring stormwater permits — essentially best practices — for businesses that haven’t been held accountable for their polluted runoff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
She said campaigners wanted the building developer to be held accountable under wildlife laws.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Still, these officeholder perform critical work for the state, including investing taxpayer funds, holding government accountable, running elections and dealing home insurance issues in the wake of historic wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
An authority that comes from nowhere visible, accountable to nothing you can touch or verify or cross-examine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
And eventually he nodded slightly and said, “You want to take responsibility for what you have done, and you find it difficult to do that, to feel fully accountable if you cannot remember it?”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Vocabulary lists containing accountable
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