responsible for

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The cargo handler’s network covers trade routes responsible for over 50% of global air cargo volume.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Perfetti: Willa is responsible for what I think may be one of the funniest TV moments ever.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

But no vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the vast central African country's 17th outbreak of the disease, believed to have already killed 204 people.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Following this it lost its insurance and was no longer registered to a country - known as a flag state - which is responsible for enforcing safety and legal standards on a commercial ship.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti