negligent
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Now, he’s suing USC for promissory estoppel, fraud, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing and negligent misrepresentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The company denied it was negligent "as alleged or at all".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The company was found grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster and suffered a fire at an Ohio refinery that killed two workers in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Meaningful privacy laws should include data minimization, restrictions on dark patterns and liability for negligent technological design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The truth was, by then, the cancer in Baba’s brain had made him forgetful, negligent.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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