delinquency
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Liddle says while delinquency happens, and is not okay, it means funding is not always targeted in the best way.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
For years during and after the foreclosure crisis, owners in delinquency could refinance their loans at a low mortgage rate to reduce their payments.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
A delinquency sits on a credit record for seven years, but a carried balance two years ago isn’t going to sink a borrower’s chances at a good mortgage rate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
Senate conducted multiple hearings about juvenile delinquency that often blamed TV westerns and crime shows for increased violence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
If in this wandering narrative I seem to have cut the cords of family joys and sorrows, of Junior’s current delinquency and junior Junior’s new tooth, of business triumph and agony, it is not so.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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