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find fault



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cavil
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Unable to find fault with the judicial process, you pin your hopes on “diplomatic discussions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Slatkin also noted that his parents weren’t enamored of their performance, but then again, he explained that they were temperamentally ever ready to find fault.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025

While the coroner found Marina had died from a recognised but very rare complication of the AstraZeneca vaccine, he did not find fault with the NHS for failing to diagnose it quickly enough.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

The compliance report quotes the whistleblower as saying that “the purpose was to find fault with the track in order to withhold the license”.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Still, it was hard to find fault with Mazoe, and the crime rate was certainly low.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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