become insolvent

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However, as oil production declines and fossil fuel companies increasingly become insolvent, California regulators worry taxpayers may have to assume the costs to plug these wells.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Nine bodies, which had collectively received £46m, have become insolvent.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

The program's funding is already in crisis and expected to become insolvent as early as 2033.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

Ms. Green, of Lake Stevens, Wash., had claimed her benefit in 2015 after people in the plan were alerted that it might become insolvent.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Several boroughs had by that time become insolvent, and some had recourse to their member of parliament to eke out their revenues.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various