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Dozens of other states and localities have filed similar suits in state courts, which, as Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed out, could bankrupt the companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A financial crisis in Europe led investors to dump American railway bonds, and Jay Cooke and Co. went bankrupt, a shock to Wall Street on the scale of JPMorgan failing today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

I fell in love with the retailer the same way that Hemingway once described a character going bankrupt: “Gradually, then suddenly.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

There were the frozen steaks, the fraudulent university, the ill-fated airline shuttle, the bankrupt Atlantic City casinos and a short-lived dating show spun off from “The Apprentice” that was canceled after two seasons.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

This story is the safety net above which he swoops and dives like a brilliant clown in a bankrupt circus.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

“If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

The fight almost bankrupts the rural town of Shelby, Mont., which borrows heavily to stage it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2020

“Not doing so bankrupts the principles, leaving them worthless for all,” Mr. Orr said in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2015

Only the Co-op and Barclays offered accounts to those who are undischarged bankrupts - generally the 12 months after a bankruptcy order is made.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2012

The customer who plays zero-sum games against them may win from time to time but never systematically, and never so spectacularly that he bankrupts the casino.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Congress voted to ban onion trading in the U.S. decades ago, following a notorious market-manipulation scandal that bankrupted investors and farmers across the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Huge cost overruns at America’s last big nuclear power project bankrupted Westinghouse Electric and soured investors on the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Margin borrowing recently hit a record, but it’s a far cry from levels that bankrupted many in the 1929 crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The cases are ongoing, with plaintiffs also filing claims against the trusts of companies bankrupted by the litigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

It was how she spent her time, buying up as many folks as she could, and rumor was she damn near bankrupted her and the major doing it.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The center filed lawsuits aimed at bankrupting Klan organizations, unsympathetic defendants that made easy targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

If successful, Energy Transfer’s $300 million lawsuit may end up bankrupting the advocacy group as a whole, both domestically and internationally.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said England's care system was "bankrupting councils, letting families down, and above all, leaving too many children feeling forgotten, powerless and invisible".

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024

He thought nothing of bankrupting his own people to buy Rome’s protection.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby