chief culprit

Examples (10)

• Sugar is often identified as the chief culprit in the modern obesity epidemic.
• The detective concluded that the disgruntled former employee was the chief culprit in the sabotage.
• Industrial emissions are considered the chief culprit behind the city's poor air quality.
• A faulty memory chip was found to be the chief culprit causing the system crashes.
• Economists argue that rising energy prices are the chief culprit driving inflation.
• The prolonged drought was the chief culprit for the widespread crop failure.
• His lack of communication was the chief culprit in their relationship's breakdown.
• Historians point to extreme nationalism as the chief culprit that led to the war.
• After reviewing the project's failure, we determined that a lack of clear goals was the chief culprit.
• Forgetting to water the plants was the chief culprit behind my dying garden.