at fault

Example Sentences

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A debt collector for the Perfect Child told Lopez her insurer was at fault in a call she recorded the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"This incident went beyond the question of whether individual employees were at fault and exposed a lack of social and historical sensitivity within Starbucks Korea," he said.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

In this case, an Old World hantavirus was at fault, not the Andes strain that’s responsible for the outbreak on the cruise ship.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

“To have a jury unanimously say the officer was totally wrong and your father was not at fault at all, I think it really meant a lot to them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Now it seemed as if Bailey had been at fault all along, that Bailey had committed an error, had stood in the wrong place at the wrong time and had caused his own misfortune.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier