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And, perhaps, the remote prospect of a truly extreme solution: default.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Two slices had been the default for years.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

If a bond issuer defaults — meaning it fails to make an interest or maturity payment — or the market fears a default is likely, the bond’s price can drop.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

LendScore 2, which is launching Tuesday, is designed to have a better rate of predicting someone’s likelihood of default on a loan payment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Whoever sold him a credit default swap on a subprime mortgage bond would one day owe him a great deal of money.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

If a bond issuer defaults — meaning it fails to make an interest or maturity payment — or the market fears a default is likely, the bond’s price can drop.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Diedrichs said unless the designers prompt AI to show realistic or diverse features, "it's going to give you an image that defaults to the average" data set of the "narrow" traditional beauty standards.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Banks may benefit initially from wider lending margins, but that advantage will fade if loan demand weakens and defaults rise.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

When equipment is bought on credit, it usually doubles as collateral, or the asset a lender can seize if the loan defaults.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

In 1998, AIG FP entered the new market for corporate credit default swaps: It sold insurance to banks against the risk of defaults by huge numbers of investment-grade public corporations.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Zambia defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2020, with its debt-to-GDP ratio peaking at 124 percent in 2021, and later completed an IMF-supported programme.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

When Hichilema, 64, came into office in 2021 after a landslide victory, Zambia had recently defaulted on its international debt and had an annual inflation rate of more than 24%.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

However, China defaulted on these bonds in 1938.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

He was being summoned because he was being sued by Midland Credit Management for $3,466.63 in defaulted credit card debt.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

If Mike Burry made $100 million when the subprime mortgage bonds he had handpicked defaulted, someone else must have lost $100 million.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Two years ago, again at Wimbledon, it appeared officials were considering defaulting Medvedev for an outburst towards umpire Eva Asderaki-Moore.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Plans also call for eliminating teacher-student staff ratios, defaulting caps to the licensing requirements of each state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

As for the Neo, Luria told MarketWatch that Apple saw “a need to expand its addressable market and engage with younger consumers that were defaulting into Chromebooks and low-end PCs.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Mobile home buyers were defaulting on their loans, their mobile homes were being repossessed, and the people who had lent them money were receiving fractions of the original loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis