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For over four decades, since taking over from Chuck Woolery, Sajak has been at that spot, joshing with Vanna White, heaving the wheel on final spins, wincing at Bankrupts and tethering exuberant winners.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Emily Flitter covers banking for The Times and is the author of “The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America,” from which this article is adapted.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Bankrupts face only a year in financial purdah in Britain, compared with 12 years in Ireland.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2012

Statutes relating to Bankrupts, R. Gosling, 2s. 6d.

From The Annual Catalogue (1737) Or, A New and Compleat List of All The New Books, New Editions of Books, Pamphlets, &c. by Worrall, J.

"In the general pride of England," says Fynes Moryson, "there is no fit difference made of degrees; for very Bankrupts, Players, and Cutpurses go apparelled like gentlemen."

From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir