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bankrupt

adjective as in unable to pay debts

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Asked if there was risk that the Conservatives could have gone bankrupt, Badenoch said: "Yes, there was."

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Last April, Synapse, a company that connected fintechs to Evolve, went bankrupt.

There should be a public inquiry into how Birmingham City Council declared itself effectively bankrupt in 2023 - a decision that was "materially misstated", a group of academics and financial experts say.

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Mr. Bookbinder even described the endgame: bankrupting the American oil and gas industry.

Iran declared one of the country's largest private banks bankrupt with its assets absorbed by the state, official media reported Saturday, in a rare move in the country grappling with international sanctions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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