go bankrupt
Example Sentences
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This week in the Help Me Retire column, Alessandra Malito answered questions from a reader who was concerned about what might happen to her investment account if her broker were to go bankrupt.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Their ACA insurance wasn’t “the greatest plan, but it gave us some coverage and made sure we wouldn’t go bankrupt if something happened,” said Lenny Wilson, who co-owns an IT business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Despite being so good at talking people out of their money, he still managed to go bankrupt multiple times.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025
Industry analysts expressed concerns that if companies started to go bankrupt, a trickle could soon become a flood – potentially causing permanent damage to the country's advanced engineering industry.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025
Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later, and, above all, that the windmill would be a failure.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
