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"We were then quoted around about £45m and that would bankrupt the council," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The painter sued him for libel in a case that proved a Pyrrhic victory, leaving the plaintiff bankrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Security at the bankrupt development was lax but oversight has since been improved, Petty said, with round-the-clock security guards, cameras, laser devices and tall metal walls topped with razor wire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Among other factors, the report highlighted that 500,000 Russians went bankrupt last year, that as many as 15% of bank loans were nonperforming — and that that number is likely to increase.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

They refused to waste their time on a bankrupt theory that would destroy their reputation as code breakers.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the authors write, tried to ensure that only “honest but unfortunate” debtors benefited from bankruptcy’s by directing “professional bankrupts . . . to restitution or jail.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

The fight almost bankrupts the rural town of Shelby, Mont., which borrows heavily to stage it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2020

There are about 20 basic bank accounts available, but now only Barclays allows undischarged bankrupts to sign up.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2012

The customer who plays zero-sum games against them may win from time to time but never systematically, and never so spectacularly that he bankrupts the casino.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Ruinous competition amid fixed costs bankrupted dozens of airlines in the 1980s and 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

In its defense, Cox argued that internet service providers could be bankrupted by huge lawsuits for copyright infringement, which they said they did not cause and could not prevent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

The man who shot Abe, Tetsuya Yamagami, said he had held a grudge against the prime minister because of his ties with the Unification Church, which had bankrupted his family.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

The First Punic War spanned 23 years and nearly bankrupted both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

“You must have bankrupted your kingdom for such a reward, my friend.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

The nation’s electric utilities aren’t stepping up because the last two AP1000 units, completed over 2023-24, came in way over budget and took more than a decade to finish, bankrupting Westinghouse in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

County lawyers have long viewed the $4-billion settlement as a good deal, arguing that taking the cases to trial would be a bankrupting proposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

His comments follow a series of warnings over the recent surge in investment in AI, with some claiming the sector amounts to a bubble set to burst, rocking markets and bankrupting companies.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

He thought nothing of bankrupting his own people to buy Rome’s protection.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby