Faulting

Likewise, critics would have persisted in faulting the Chinese for their backwardness while extolling the virtues of the progressive Japanese. ❋ Unknown (2005)

When a number of well-defined strata cleave vertically, and one end of the series sags below the other, or lifts above it, the process which geologists call faulting, the scenic effect is varied and striking; sometimes, as in ❋ Robert Sterling Yard (1903)

He could also tell of the "faulting," or slipping down, of adjacent masses of solid rock, which has occurred often enough to carve the characteristic Cohasset coast. ❋ Agnes Rothery (N/A)

Another writer quotes experiences in East Anglia, tending to show that such sounds may be reports arising from the process of "faulting" going on, on a small scale, at a great depth, and not of sufficient intensity to produce a perceptible vibration at the earth's surface. ❋ Various (1873)

"The direction of movement across the faults gives some indication of whether plates are moving toward one another, which gives rise to one kind of faulting and seismic hazard, or slightly away from each other, which gives rise to another kind of faulting and a different type of seismic hazard." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The review, faulting both UnitedHealthcare and the system, also found that families confronted major barriers to finding participating dentists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The American Petroleum Institute, which represents the oil and gas industry, has the opposite criticism, faulting the panel for not having enough industry representation. ❋ Deborah Solomon (2011)

I am not faulting the women -- I am challenging their potential successors to reject the faults in a culture that prioritizes perfect boobs over perfectly good health. ❋ M.D. David Katz (2011)

And yet Democrats will explain their losses today by faulting the economy, not themselves. ❋ Fred Barnes (2010)

The article quotes a doctor faulting women for their failure to prioritize. ❋ Joan Williams (2011)

* But Dems begin telling Obama to heed his budget commission: At the same time, a handful of Democratic Senators are now joining with Republicans in faulting Obama's budget as unserious because it doesn't tackle said "entitlements." ❋ Greg Sargent (2011)

Formerly one of two chief operating officers at RIM, Mr. Heins said he would focus more on execution at the company, faulting RIM for failing to roll out products on time. ❋ Will Connors (2012)

Washington had undermined him not by faulting him for his attempts to circumvent some of its customs but for submitting to those he had thought it necessary to excuse. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

It quotes women faulting themselves for perfectionism and for worrying about "Stupid stuff, when it comes down to it." ❋ Joan Williams (2011)

The panel identified a range of systemic problems and shortcomings that need to be rectified, "starting at the top," while also faulting some pilots for routinely disregarding operating rules and making safety issues part of labor negotiations. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)

The commission that investigated the crisis casts a wide net of blame, faulting two administrations, the Federal Reserve and other regulators for permitting a calamitous concoction: shoddy mortgage lending, the excessive packaging and sale of loans to investors and risky bets on securities backed by the loans... ❋ Ezra Klein (2011)

Gillespie calls it "a problem of (Obama's) own making," faulting the president for failing to make a call on Afghanistan already. ❋ Unknown (2009)