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When you file for personal bankruptcy, you work with federal courts to declare hardship in paying your debts, which results in the creation of a formal repayment plan or a dismissal of your debt.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 10, 2026

"Give me a break. They're just taking advantage of the fact that our ancestors didn't file for patents," the commenter wrote.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

She said forensic experts would take fingerprints and photographs of the deceased and create a file for each body brought to the morgue.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

Reformation could confidentially file for an initial public offering as soon as next week, with the goal of going public as soon as July, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

It had been a closed file for some time now, but I thought that even an old hand like Jack must have trouble with what he’d done in the past.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee