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Unfortunately in Farmington's case, it's extremely likely they'll be left holding the bag because ...

The next speaker, Fathi, said he always starts his speeches at events such as ACA conferences with an acknowledgement of "what an extraordinarily difficult job [corrections professionals] have, because corrections is left holding the bag for all our failures as a society." Because these professionals work with inmates, an unpopular and difficult population, Fathi added, "That makes some form of oversight even more critical for prisons and jails than for other governmental agencies." He stressed the importance of ACA accreditation and outside, independent oversight by government agencies, citing the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, formed by the Vera Institute and spanning a couple of years in the mid-2000s.

I couldn't help but be reminded of when the city tried to cash in on the student housing bubble and was left holding the bag with several well-subsidized and poorly occupied luxury student apartment buildings.

The loyal troops who cheered for the best two teams in the nation throughout the season are left holding the bag for the big finale.

Where before business owners could expense the cost of equipment purchases with the Section 179 deduction, they are now left holding the bag.

If I allow sampling, and if the deal dies because the seller backs out (or reduces the purchase price), then I am left holding the bag. I will have environmental issues and costs to address, but these are expenses that I don't have right now running the business in the status quo.

That the City could be left holding the bag was "one of the concerns the council has," Hewitt said in a further comment he attributed to Bingham.

But that means many colleges and universities don't -- and even among schools that do, each college's specific rules don't guarantee that students and their families won't be left holding the bag for some out-of-pocket expenses.

"Indeed, although some businesses or financial institutions are now left holding the bag, it is significant that [unlike many fraud cases] Elmas stole from regular people," Golder said.

"I know you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in clemency, loath to punish." In other words, "I was certain that after I'd proclaimed the destruction of the city, you'd change your mind and I'd be left holding the bag."

And while elected officials might merely shrug this all off, it's the public employees left holding the bag. They thought they'd put in their time and get a lucrative income stream upon retirement.

When she's literally left holding the bag, Lady Georgiana finds all her skills challenged in one of the most demanding investigations of her career.

"Now what we've been able to do is to try to prevent taxpayers from being the folks who are left holding the bag," he said.

According to TC, Senator Joe Manchin had recently warned that Americans will be left holding the bag on a valueless currency and called for either strict regulation or an outright ban on Bitcoin.

When a catastrophe happens, the insurance agent and his or her client are left holding the bag and the people who perpetrated the injustices will be pointing fingers and screaming the loudest.