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find fault



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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

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

I never said any of this to Margaret because she is only too ready to find fault with my mother, but she knows that sometimes there are feelings without reasons.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg