bankrupt

Example Sentences

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Complications arose when my employer went bankrupt and was acquired by a new company.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Another Nobel laureate, William Faulkner, set his novels in the post-Civil War South, but Depression-era readers could identify with the bankrupt economy, the impoverishment of farmers and the political disruption, Conn says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

"It's bankrupt. We didn't make it bankrupt, we inherited it," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Last year, Bed Bath & Beyond’s executive chairman, Marcus Lemonis, said his bankrupt company won’t be reopening any stores in California, where it used to have more than 80 locations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 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