Ms. Graham, on her way out, blamed news reporters and officials for stoking the boy-who-cried-wolf syndrome.

Judge Shashy was explicit in blaming elected officials for the crisis.

Those who blamed various civilian and military officials for the growing crisis called for their resignation.

However, critics have blamed complacent officials for ignoring warnings of blazes near villages.

They were blaming officials at home for dragging them into a war with no allies but Austria.

He stressed that he was not blaming officials for the loss.

German officials openly blamed American officials for failing to provide crucial evidence.

Mexico's attorney general has blamed local officials and the state-owned oil company, Pemex, for the explosions (news article, April 27).

Don't blame Mexican officials for feeling territorial, too, as they think of more than just growing the fan bases of existing major league teams.

It was unfair, she said, to blame contemporary elected officials for the sins of their predecessors.