be guilty
Example Sentences
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“We’ll be guilty by association and we’ll just get crushed for it,” he worries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Even if they don’t know there is money laundering going on, they may still be guilty of breaking the law by not having done enough to prevent it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
This isn’t as surprising, since LLMs are “trained” on articles in which analysts interpret the news, and those analysts themselves will be guilty of negativity bias.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
One after another, men and women stood up to assert that Pusser couldn’t be guilty of the horrific crimes the report had alleged.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
They played it from a tape, so not even an Aunt would be guilty of the sin of reading.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
