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A review will also be allowed at the end of a point if a player feels his opponent may be guilty of hindrance.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Even if they don’t know there is money laundering going on, they may still be guilty of breaking the law by not having done enough to prevent it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

This isn’t as surprising, since LLMs are “trained” on articles in which analysts interpret the news, and those analysts themselves will be guilty of negativity bias.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

“Some self-reflection of, hm, I may be guilty of some of these things toward her as well.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

She has enough to be guilty of; she has cheated enough people of the things that matter most to them, without cheating about this, too.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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