find fault
Example Sentences
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There he sat in the public gallery, Don Corleone-esque, daring the Supreme Court to find fault with his read on birthright citizenship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Someone’s always gonna be upset about something or find fault in anything.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
The compliance report quotes the whistleblower as saying that "the purpose was to find fault with the track in order to withhold the licence".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024
I always sort of find fault and go, "Oh, you should have done this better. Oh, you could have done that better."
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2023
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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