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Meanings of apportion blame in English

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Usage of apportion blame in English
1
If you want to blame somebody, apportion blame in a fair manner.
The Irish Times
2
For legal reasons, the jury's verdict could not name Harwood or apportion blame.
The Guardian
3
Mercedes motorsport director Toto Wolff refused to apportion blame, however.
Radio NZ
4
Mr Joustra made clear it was not the responsibility of the investigators to apportion blame.
News.com.au
5
The report will not apportion blame for individual spills.
The Guardian
6
It is inevitable, in the aftermath, that there should be a rush to apportion blame.
The Guardian
7
It is not the intention of the Myanmar government to apportion blame or to abnegate responsibility.
The Guardian
8
The New Orleans-based judge has set a February 27 start date for a trial to apportion blame.
Reuters
9
The board does not have the authority to apportion blame, under the rules governing international crash investigations.
Radio NZ
10
Or have I just remembered it this way to make it seem so, and to apportion blame?
The Sense of an Ending
11
Both France and Britain have said now was the time to fight the virus, not to apportion blame.
Radio NZ
12
How can you apportion blame, for example, to those who fought to keep maternity services at Monagahan Hospital?
The Irish Times
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There is little point at this stage in seeking to apportion blame for the loss of the Cunard contract.
The Irish Times
14
There's disagreement about whether a Royal Commission of inquiry into building collapses in the Canterbury earthquakes should apportion blame.
Radio NZ
15
The two earlier phases of the trial looked at how to apportion blame and examined how much oil spilled.
Reuters
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For all that Scotland have become horribly accustomed to blundering between international letdowns, it remains legitimate to apportion blame.
The Guardian
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