bankrupt
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Southland had gone bankrupt under the financial strain of a 1987 leveraged buyout.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
This week in the Help Me Retire column, Alessandra Malito answered questions from a reader who was concerned about what might happen to her investment account if her broker were to go bankrupt.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
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
One November 2017 entry read: "It'd be wrong to steal the non-profit from him... That'd be pretty morally bankrupt."
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
A trained war-horse was also expensive, and Simon’s father was not alone in being bankrupt after the war.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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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