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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

In 2024 the Crown Estate took legal responsibility for the building under ancient property laws after the last owner gave up his rights to it when he went bankrupt and a restoration project collapsed.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Dad owned the red, yellow, and green properties and had them loaded up with hotels just waiting to bankrupt us out of the game.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

"It's sad to see childhood legends turn into moral bankrupts," Heraskevych said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it,” the attorney general said in an interview when the case was filed.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

“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

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

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

It bankrupted the director, and he abandoned Justin's mother Caroline, leaving her with all his debts.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Ruinous competition amid fixed costs bankrupted dozens of airlines in the 1980s and 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

In its defense, Cox argued that internet service providers could be bankrupted by huge lawsuits for copyright infringement, which they said they did not cause and could not prevent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

His mother's devotion to the Unification Church bankrupted the family, and Yamagami bore a grudge against Abe after realising the ex-leader's ties to the controversial church.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026

The Thirty Years’ War, which had pummeled and bankrupted much of Europe, was finally winding down, and intellectual life flourished.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

His comments follow a series of warnings over the recent surge in investment in AI, with some claiming the sector amounts to a bubble set to burst, rocking markets and bankrupting companies.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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

The BOJ’s interest-rate increases may help by bankrupting some of Japan’s zombie companies that sop up resources with no hope of turning a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Hastings and Sarandos’ enterprise was largely responsible for bankrupting the then-dominant video rental chain, Blockbuster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Leonardo is now in Rome, where a new pope from the Medici family—Pope Leo X—is busy bankrupting the Vatican by commissioning massive new works of art.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day