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Unsecured creditors of bankrupt Dish Wireless are seeking to appoint an independent trustee and disqualify the company’s legal adviser, White & Case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The increase is not based on fears about countries "going bankrupt".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

In 1998, he left his vice president role at Compaq Computer — the world’s largest PC maker at the time — to join a nearly bankrupt Apple.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Eventually, they were able to buy a bankrupt silk-weaving factory, Chen said in a speech last year, turning it into a thriving business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Gates was right: Booms and bubbles may be economically dangerous; they may end up with many people losing money and a lot of companies going bankrupt.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

"It's sad to see childhood legends turn into moral bankrupts," Heraskevych said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it,” the attorney general said in an interview when the case was filed.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

“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

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

The ill-fated wood-pellet trades that bankrupted Enviva during the sustainable-investing boom were made by executives hoping to trigger their own bonuses, according to creditors who are seeking more than $2 billion in damages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

It bankrupted the director, and he abandoned Justin's mother Caroline, leaving her with all his debts.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Margin borrowing recently hit a record, but it’s a far cry from levels that bankrupted many in the 1929 crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The cases are ongoing, with plaintiffs also filing claims against the trusts of companies bankrupted by the litigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

The Thirty Years’ War, which had pummeled and bankrupted much of Europe, was finally winding down, and intellectual life flourished.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

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

The BOJ’s interest-rate increases may help by bankrupting some of Japan’s zombie companies that sop up resources with no hope of turning a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Hastings and Sarandos’ enterprise was largely responsible for bankrupting the then-dominant video rental chain, Blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Leonardo is now in Rome, where a new pope from the Medici family—Pope Leo X—is busy bankrupting the Vatican by commissioning massive new works of art.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day