blamed

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Vance blamed the breakdown on Iran’s lack of commitment over seeking a nuclear weapon or the tools to allow it to build one quickly.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Economists had blamed some of the extended slowdown on the RBNZ’s policy of aggressive interest-rate increases in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic when inflation ran hot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He blamed a variety of factors, including uncertainty around Bolloré Group's 18% stake and its US listing being postponed.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

It was blamed on a “concerted attack … by the large bucket-shop proprietors,” The Wall Street Journal reported.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

But slaveholders blamed the violence on a “sinister Northern abolitionist plot to destroy their cherished way of life,” as one historian put it.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis