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For over four decades, since taking over from Chuck Woolery, Sajak has been at that spot, joshing with Vanna White, heaving the wheel on final spins, wincing at Bankrupts and tethering exuberant winners.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Emily Flitter covers banking for The Times and is the author of “The White Wall: How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America,” from which this article is adapted.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Bankrupts face only a year in financial purdah in Britain, compared with 12 years in Ireland.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2012

Bankrupts were very favourably treated in the last year of Louis XIV.'s reign, and during the Regency.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire

Bankrupts, attorneys, and men of desperate fortunes are his colleagues.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.