fault

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The fault line exposed now is that private credit is being offered to retail investors and wealthy individuals whose liquidity preferences are different from sophisticated, more patient institutional investors.

From MarketWatch

I put my arms around my old hound and said, “It’s not your fault the monkeys are gone. It’s not my fault either. I guess we weren’t supposed to catch them.”

From Literature

It was his fault that his daughter was being led to her doom.

From Literature

Other investigations faulted the authorities for failing to act on warnings from an Indian intelligence agency that an attack was imminent.

From Barron's

The resulting electrostatic pressure could approach levels similar to tidal or gravitational stresses that are already known to influence fault stability.

From Science Daily