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American Express fell about 4.3% with analysts pointing to slower-than-hoped growth as the culprit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

While extreme heat is the primary culprit, its impacts become severe when other factors like loss of vegetation and water, lack of shaded areas and inadequate veterinary services add up, experts say.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

OpenAI on Tuesday said it was the culprit.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

So even with a possible culprit identified, the outbreak may get bigger before it gets smaller.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

But, given the number of people present during the autopsy—including the local lawmen, the undertaker, and Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner—it seemed impossible to say who the culprit was.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI said the culprits were a pair of its models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

There are more obvious culprits for HHS’s failure to protect Americans from this outbreak.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Real yields, and the factors pushing them higher, are the true culprits behind higher 10-year yields.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

An influential research paper from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab pointed at infrastructure and much-needed upgrade costs as the possible main culprits behind higher bills, at least for the moment.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

The prosecutor argued that the probability was so low that such a couple existed that the police investigation must have turned up the actual culprits.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos