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Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson has spoken publicly for the first time since Grand Slam Track went bankrupt, and has clarified details of payments to himself and competing athletes.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Since the 1970s, when the city nearly went bankrupt, New York has relied on the tax receipts from bankers, traders, and real-estate developers to fund an extraordinary safety net and public services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Security at the bankrupt development was lax but oversight has since been improved, Petty said, with round-the-clock security guards, cameras, laser devices and tall metal walls topped with razor wire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“So the taxpayers of the United States subsidized the creation of this new property to help bankrupt another federally subsidized property,” he said.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

A real estate market meltdown might cause these companies to lose money; there was no guarantee that they would actually go bankrupt.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“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

There are about 20 basic bank accounts available, but now only Barclays allows undischarged bankrupts to sign up.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2012

"Take me away from here," she said, "you bankrupts."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

It was hugely successful, but we had a flood nine months after we opened, which bankrupted us, theoretically bankrupt, but we were able to climb out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 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

Yamagami is reported to have told investigators he targeted Abe because he blamed the 67-year-old for allegedly promoting the church, which he said had bankrupted his mother and the wider family.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025

“You must have bankrupted your kingdom for such a reward, my friend.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

The nation’s electric utilities aren’t stepping up because the last two AP1000 units, completed over 2023-24, came in way over budget and took more than a decade to finish, bankrupting Westinghouse in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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

The estimated bill for housing children in one local authority area has more than doubled in three years to £16m, one senior manager told the BBC, which risks bankrupting the council.

From BBC ● Sep. 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