bankrupt
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Canada’s Nortel, which eventually went bankrupt, made up 38% of its main stock index.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
This is in contrast to some money managers in the high-yield space who specialize in buying heavily discounted bonds of troubled or even bankrupt issuers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Southland had gone bankrupt under the financial strain of a 1987 leveraged buyout.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
One November 2017 entry read: "It'd be wrong to steal the non-profit from him... That'd be pretty morally bankrupt."
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Durant, for the umpteenth time, took a huge financial leap before looking, and emerged bankrupt.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing bankrupt
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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