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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

Mayotte noted that, since schools aren’t held accountable when parent borrowers default on their loans, there’s no incentive for them to counsel parents to limit borrowing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 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

As of the end of June this year, about 5.3 million borrowers were in default on their student loans for about $117 billion, CRS said.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

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