bankrupt

Example Sentences

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Complications arose when my employer went bankrupt and was acquired by a new company.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Planet Fitness, for example, has opened clubs in spaces vacated by bankrupt retailers such as Rite Aid and craft-store chain Joann.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The most memorable was Pets.com, which would quickly go public and then go bankrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

"It's bankrupt. We didn't make it bankrupt, we inherited it," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Two men loading a photocopier onto the truck told her the firm'd gone bankrupt.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell