How to Use at fault in a Sentence

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• If the edges look ragged with tan or white tips, your mower blade is at fault.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
• State police found the driver of the Civic to be at fault for the crash.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
• Everyone has their own version of what went wrong, and who was at fault.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
• The report released by police does not indicate who was at fault for the crash.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
• Cruise Dragging Cruise was not at fault for the initial impact.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
• Raw Farm had tested its products, found no pathogens and wasn’t at fault, McAfee told me.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 23 July 2026
• In each of these fatal accidents, Waymo didn’t appear to be at fault.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
• Indeed, more than a year after the program was cut, the debate over what happened—and who is at fault—continues to roil.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
• Now, two years later, the woman claims American Airlines is at fault.
  — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
• Troopers said the motorcyclist was at fault, but didn't release any other details.
  — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 July 2026
• The location and angle of the cars before they are moved are important for determining who was at fault.
  — K. H. Koehler, Ascend Agency, 16 Apr. 2026
• State police said he was found to be at fault for the crash after troopers interviewed multiple witnesses.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
• The state and an outside software contractor are at odds about who was at fault, but the lapse is symptomatic of a system under pressure.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
• Depending on who’s at fault and the severity of the crash, your car insurance could increase the next time your policy renews.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
• The box truck driver was found to be at fault for the crash and was issued an infraction for failure to maintain the proper lane, according to state police.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
• And again, changes are made to the novel to mitigate Matthew’s misdeeds and position Hollis as the person at fault.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 July 2026
• The majority opinion also pushes back on claims made by the plaintiffs that semiautomatic weapons are not at fault for mass shootings.
  — ABC News, 9 July 2026
• Police and Waymo reports suggest the robotaxi was not at fault, and the low-speed contact was unlikely the primary cause of death.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
• Garman wrote that data centers are unfairly blamed for higher electricity bills and water use, and that aging grids are at fault for rising energy bills in some states.
  — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
• Quiet the everyday packaging Objects don’t always clutter a room; sometimes the packaging is at fault.
  — Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
• Colorado State Patrol says in the first eight months of 2025, teens were at fault for almost 1,500 crashes.
  — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
• Palo Alto police that day confirmed Shanahan was at fault and said a clerical error had led a state database to wrongly blame the other driver.
  — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
• In fact, one report found autonomous vehicles were solely at fault in just 4% of crashes involving other road users — the rest overwhelmingly caused by human drivers.
  — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
• For a crash in Kansas City, Kansas, this generally means a person must be found less than 50% at fault to seek damages from another party.
  — Matthew Kayser, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
• However, Homestead police released a statement Thursday afternoon clarifying that the driver remained at the scene and was not at fault.
  — Peter D'oench, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
• Confidential student records are sitting in a vacated building nearly eight weeks after a charter school permanently closed its doors, officials from the state and the school said, though both sides disagree on who is at fault.
  — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 25 Aug. 2026
• Hilton, who polls show down 20% or more, said Sacramento Democrats were at fault for California’s high prices and middling outcomes on issues like homelessness.
  — Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
• After being partly at fault for Charles De Ketelaere’s goal in the quarter-finals, Cucurella brought his A game against France.
  — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 July 2026
• Palo Alto police confirmed the 49ers coach was at fault and said a clerical error led a state database to wrongly blame the other driver, a 21-year-old woman.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
• Some of the practices that leave financial institutions to make a profit while survivors go underpaid or have to wait have continued in other California mega fires where a utility is found at fault.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026