diminished responsibility
Example Sentences
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According to a USA Today report Thursday, a cryptocurrency group is claiming responsibility for some of the incidents, although it says neither Lopez nor Carver is affiliated with the group.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
The group was outlawed after claiming responsibility after two Voyager aircraft were sprayed with paint inside RAF Brize Norton in June.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
The Islamic militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad praised the attack as “heroic” but stopped short of claiming responsibility.
From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2023
Officials in Kyiv have welcomed them, without directly claiming responsibility.
From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2023
They met very awkwardly, and Ludlow had such an official tone in claiming responsibility for having got Cornelia to offer her picture, and so have it rejected, that he hardly knew who was talking.
From The Coast of Bohemia by Howells, William Dean