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“It’s gotten so good,” says Neil Kirk, an associate professor of psychology at Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland, “people naturally default to thinking they are hearing a real human.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

A zoo spokeswoman said the error was "due to our default naming convention in our system", but it was "quickly changed".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

When asked about the likelihood of the Nuveen High Yield funds taking credit losses, Close said, “We have the largest credit team on the buy side. We have historically experienced less than 1% default rates.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Just the plain fact that I was never the default fan, the assumed fan, the one the cameras cut to in the crowd.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

How does Greg Lippmann even know I own this giant pile of credit default swaps?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“We’re on our own,” Chatzky noted, “but defaults are coming.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Total 1H returns are approaching 4% and defaults are close to zero year-to-date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

When equipment is bought on credit, it usually doubles as collateral, or the asset a lender can seize if the loan defaults.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

As it turned out, Lippmann had a new problem: U.S. house prices were falling, subprime loan defaults were rising, yet subprime mortgage bonds somehow held firm, as did the price of insuring them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

When Hichilema, 64, came into office in 2021 after a landslide victory, Zambia had recently defaulted on its international debt and had an annual inflation rate of more than 24%.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

However, China defaulted on these bonds in 1938.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

He was being summoned because he was being sued by Midland Credit Management for $3,466.63 in defaulted credit card debt.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Buying insurance on a pool of U.S. home mortgages was more complicated, because the pool didn’t default all at once; rather, one homeowner at a time defaulted.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

As for the Neo, Luria told MarketWatch that Apple saw “a need to expand its addressable market and engage with younger consumers that were defaulting into Chromebooks and low-end PCs.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

Terekhova said in an interview that the attacks have put her business at risk of defaulting on its loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Rather than defaulting to the usual beachfront hotels, savvy summer travelers to Europe are turning to a new generation of yachts from ultraluxury brands like Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons and Aman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Very quickly, however, the new derivatives became tools for speculation: A lot of people wanted to make bets on the likelihood of GE’s defaulting.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis