responsibility

Example Sentences

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He’s carried that unspoken responsibility, that invisible weight, quietly for 19 years.

From Los Angeles Times

A city council spokesperson said: "As part of our statutory responsibility to keep public spaces safe and well-maintained, we are continuing to remove unauthorised flags from lamp-posts."

From BBC

“You have a responsibility to make yourself useful again.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Doug Dixon, an attorney who represents Edison in the fire litigation, told the Times that Edison filed the lawsuits “to ensure that all those who bear responsibility are at the table in this legal process.”

From Los Angeles Times

The law allows outside parties to provide evidence that the utility didn’t act prudently before the fire, but even in that event, the utility’s financial responsibility for damages is capped.

From Los Angeles Times