fault
Example Sentences
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An initial hospital review found "no obvious fault" and stated Harriet had died of an infection.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Also I think it was a cheap shot to talk about injuries being his fault and he should muscle up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
The second quake produced nearly triple the shaking energy as the first, with the fault rupturing to the east for more than 100 miles, sending quake energy right into the international airport and La Guaira.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
This isn’t the fault of journalism; it’s an inevitability of journalism: News is the big thing that’s happening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
It was his fault that his daughter was being led to her doom.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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