bankrupt
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American Car Center and US Auto Sales have also gone bankrupt since 2022, when inflation and rates were both rising, according to a tally from Moody’s Ratings.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
This is in contrast to some money managers in the high-yield space who specialize in buying heavily discounted bonds of troubled or even bankrupt issuers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
It entered talks in January with bankrupt US carrier Spirit Airlines over a possible takeover.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
He slowly became obsessed with the idea that high fees were a moral wrong perpetrated on American investors by an ethically bankrupt Wall Street fund-management industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Two men loading a photocopier onto the truck told her the firm'd gone bankrupt.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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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