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[fawlt] / fɔlt /




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The engine had undergone ultrasonic inspections in May this year with no findings of fault, the report stated.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The character he plays here is loquacious to a fault, though.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

There’s a 14.3% chance that quake would happen on the Hayward fault; a 7.4% chance it would be on the Calaveras fault; and a 6.4% chance it would be on the San Andreas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“We did not have our best last 12 months ever, which is mostly my fault, but we are about to have our best 12 months to date,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in July.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

It’s my fault she’s in trouble, it’s my fault, mine, mine...

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

These are also used by East Midlands Railway, which has also suffered toilet faults with its fleet.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Sure, one might argue that in “The Odyssey,” Nolan is studying his own hubris, accepting the innate faults that come with bringing Homer to the big screen.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The region contains faults, volcanic structures, rifts, scarps, and active subduction and spreading zones, many located at depths that make detailed sonar mapping extremely difficult.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

For all its faults, Medicare Advantage is arguably the best healthcare program we have.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

But the real problem wasn’t that—wasn’t an accumulation of small faults.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Inflation watchers in the private sector said the BEA move was justified, but they faulted the agency for not giving the public a heads up, even for such a nerdy statistical thing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Among a list of eight acute budget issues, the July 2 letter faulted the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Today, the Ledi Geraru area is a rugged landscape of faulted badlands.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

"In the first game of the second set, I double faulted twice out of nowhere. That gave her belief. She started playing aggressively. What can I say? Well done."

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Coach VanBuren’s picture of Jesse running a 440 against Dwyer High—Jesse lost that race, but from the picture you couldn’t be faulted for believing that he was about to sail to victory.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Because SMRs form through the same type of faulting, moonquakes may also occur across the lunar maria wherever these ridges exist.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

Blaming hip hop for these realities is like faulting a photograph for its subject matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

"We are faulting them for designing their platforms to addict kids and for developing algorithms that show kids not what they want to see but what they cannot look away from."

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

There was certainly no faulting Newcastle's effort in this loss against Barcelona - right up until the last breath.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2025

The sudden yielding of the strata along a plane of faulting is a familiar cause of earthquakes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various




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