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fault

[fawlt] / fɔlt /




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This spring, fault lines are deepening just as the court enters its home stretch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

About those issues you have with spending money: The perils of buying furniture online are not exclusive to people who are difficult to please through no fault of their own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

However, in the tie-break, Sinner upped his first serves and after squandering the first of two set points, an Alcaraz double fault gave him the initiative in the match.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the situation was "not students' fault", and that many institutions had let them down "through either incompetence or abuse of the system".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 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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