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It said if it couldn’t make the payment by that date, it would go into default on its loans, potentially resulting in a bankruptcy filing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

About 5 million borrowers have been in default on their student loans since the pandemic, and experts expected millions more to face the consequences of default in the coming months.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

The default on these machines is you just see the last two to three seconds of the race.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

It would speed up bankruptcy cases and make it easier for banks to sell assets pledged to them by borrowers who default on their loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Now, almost giddily, Chau explained to Eisman that he simply passed all the risk that the underlying home loans would default on to the big investors who had hired him to vet the bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis