bankrupt
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Some 500,000 Americans go bankrupt every year and, depending on what study you read, anywhere from 40% to 60% or more of those cases are due to medical debt.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The Purdue fund is more than eight times as big as the combined victims’ funds financed by the two other big bankrupt opioid makers, Endo and Mallinckrodt.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The Trump administration is nearing a rescue package for the bankrupt Spirit Airlines, The Wall Street Journal reported External link Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Speaking in February after delivering a balanced budget and declaring the "bankrupt Birmingham" tag no longer accurate, leader John Cotton said he was "determined the mistakes of the past will not be repeated".
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
If no more DNA copies remain, the species is extinct, just as a company without money is bankrupt.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing bankrupt
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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