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How to use the word accountable in a Sentence?

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I created Accountable Menopause Health Strategies to help myself navigate through menopause, and hopefully help other women in the process.

– Sarah Lussier

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3 months ago

One of the things that we’ve seen year after a year since 2015, with the addition of the Special Victims Counsel program – which are attorneys that represent victims throughout the military justice process – is that victims have made it abundantly clear that they would like to help see the department hold their offenders appropriately accountable, but they’d like to do it through nonconfrontational means, and that’s essentially what we see in the percentages with administrative actions and discharges and non-judicial punishment.

– Nate Galbreath

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I look forward to holding Democrats accountable for their failure to prosecute crimes and instead engage in illegal political witch-hunts against their political opponents.

– Elise Stefanik

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Credit Suisse’s collapse—caused by its own misconduct and mismanagement—does not operate as a get out of jail free card in the United States, where no person or entity is above the law, we remain optimistic that the Justice Department will hold Credit Suisse, a repeat offender, accountable for continuously and blatantly having defrauded the United States.

– Jeffrey Nieman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was a small victory, but such a beautiful one. To see him put in handcuffs and the look on his face when he realized he is actually being held accountable for his crimes, it was priceless, i believe with all my heart the big victory is coming and I am more confident now than ever that we will find out what happened to Irene and where she is so that … (the) family can get peace and closure.

– Stacy Koester

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have to hold Big Tech companies accountable for pushing addictive platforms on our kids and exposing them to a world of inappropriate, damaging content, these actions are a long time coming. We have watched over the past decade as one social media company after another has exploited our kids for profit and escaped government oversight.

– Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These bathroom bans hurt students’ academic achievement – and the educators held accountable for students’ success. Discriminatory policies affect more than just grades: LGBTQ+ students who experience discrimination, like being prohibited from using the restroom, report higher levels of depression and lower self-esteem. Enforcing these bills would be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for schools and extraordinarily invasive toward transgender students.

– Melanie Willingham-Jaggers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are looking for the suspect, we will find that suspect, and we will hold that suspect accountable for his actions this morning in placing everyone in danger and certainly wounding the two staff members who were doing their job and trying to keep everyone safe at the time.

– Mayor Michael Hancock

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1 year ago

[The government], they’re petrified that if I come into power, I will hold them accountable, they also know that even if I go to jail, we will swing the elections no matter what they do.

– Imran Khan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am firmly committed to holding those responsible for this mess fully accountable and to continuing our efforts to strengthen oversight and regulation of larger banks so that we are not in this position again.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives, like any voluntary initiative, whether it’s successful will really depend on how much the US government and others – nonprofits, civil society organizations – really hold industry accountable for that.

– Laura Cobb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It appears in this case that they’re not particularly happy with the agreement, because obviously, if you’re the victim, or you’re the descendant of a victim, you really want the perpetrator to be held accountable, it’s not just about money.

– Lauren Richardson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to be able to say, ‘We did everything within our power to hold Norfolk Southern accountable, that we made major strides in the level of rail safety and anything that the people of East Palestine came to us and needed, we addressed,’ all of those require being in it for the long haul.

– Ohio Whether Buttigieg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you look at how important anonymity is for rape and sexual assault survivors … their privacy is so critical, and if we don’t allow them to do these cases anonymously, then we are going to decrease the chances of holding perpetrators and institutions accountable when it comes to instances of sexual violence.

– Stacy Malone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The people of the district should have the right to have their Council accountable to them and should not have to worry about what Congress is going to do in regards to local decisions.

– Many Democrats

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1 year ago

I think that the railroad should consider buying property of people who may not feel safe or would want to relocate as a result of the spill, this is the railroad’s responsibility, and it’s up to the government officials at the federal, state and local levels to hold them accountable and do right by the citizens of East Palestine.

– Jon Husted

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let this be a lesson not to illegally bring firearms to Philly’s elections. If you commit a crime while seeking to undermine people’s right to vote, and to have their votes appropriately counted, you will be held accountable.

– Larry Krasner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today marks the successful culmination of Mrs. Bryant’s courageous battle to hold accountable those who engaged in this grotesque conduct, she fought for her husband, her daughter, and all those in the community whose deceased family were treated with similar disrespect. We hope her victory at trial and this settlement will put an end to this practice.

– Luis Li

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I hate that the other side used race as much as they did. you’d have a police department and judges and prosecutors who aren’t accountable to local voters, all of whom are appointed by White officials in a city that’s 82% Black.

– Cliff Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You’d have a police department and judges and prosecutors who aren’t accountable to local voters, all of whom are appointed by White officials in a city that’s 82% Black.

– Cliff Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

New Yorkers want Santos out of office, and these congressmen’s meaningless words aren’t enough to make up for their failure to actually take action to hold their campaign donor accountable, the least they can do is answer these questions.

– The DCCC

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We hear the concerns of countries who worry that standing with Ukraine and holding Russia accountable is diverting focus and resources from others in need, to those countries, I would say, simply, look at our actions. And when you hear Russia and its defenders accuse the countries who support Ukraine of ignoring the rest of the world, I say: look at Moscow’s actions.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Norfolk Southern train derailment has upended the lives of East Palestine families, and EPA’s order will ensure the company is held accountable for jeopardizing the health and safety of this community.

– Michael Regan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a country, we should be supporting veterans who want to continue their service instead of harassing and intimidating them, i strongly support bipartisan efforts being undertaken by the House Armed Services Committee to protect our service members and hold criminal actors accountable.

– Zach Nunn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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