culprit
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The culprit was a potent fungus never seen before by scientists, now named moss die-back.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Officials said death caps in particular have been the culprit behind a majority of cases, but there are no data on precisely how many are associated with each particular wild mushroom.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
The trust was struggling to control rising costs that had sucked up its reserves, including a new, surprising culprit: the snowballing cost of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Oil wasn’t the only culprit; the other was a big increase in rents and housing prices, the single biggest expense for most people.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Every now and then she stopped and squinted at the cement, hoping to identify the culprit of her sleepless nights.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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