bankrupt
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“That may for some of the smaller media platforms actually bankrupt them.”
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
Complications arose when my employer went bankrupt and was acquired by a new company.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
Another Nobel laureate, William Faulkner, set his novels in the post-Civil War South, but Depression-era readers could identify with the bankrupt economy, the impoverishment of farmers and the political disruption, Conn says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
"It's bankrupt. We didn't make it bankrupt, we inherited it," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Dad owned the red, yellow, and green properties and had them loaded up with hotels just waiting to bankrupt us out of the game.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
Vocabulary lists containing bankrupt
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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