bankrupt
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Local taxes have been hiked by some 20% over three years after the council went bankrupt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
This pattern closely echoes the struggle that Fatone faced when he came to sell the dwelling after he was urged by his accountant to offload the home in order to save himself from going bankrupt.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Speaking in February after delivering a balanced budget and declaring the "bankrupt Birmingham" tag no longer accurate, leader John Cotton said he was "determined the mistakes of the past will not be repeated".
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The company’s CEO, Bill Aldinger, had grown Household even as his competitors went bankrupt.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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