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The council effectively declared itself bankrupt in 2023 but has recently shown signs of recovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

In July, Amex got rid of its $100 Saks Fifth Avenue credit after the company went bankrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Former Liverpool and England player turned pundit Jamie Carragher faces being declared bankrupt over an unpaid tax bill, said to be in the region of £700,000 and £800,000.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

As Ernest Hemingway wrote a century ago: One goes bankrupt two ways — gradually, and then suddenly.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

“We cannot afford this, Dillard. You will bankrupt us.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

"If the company fails… it will fail because of an advertiser boycott. And that will be what bankrupts the company." he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

“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

Huge cost overruns at America’s last big nuclear power project bankrupted Westinghouse Electric and soured investors on the industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Naturally, prices did fall back to earth, setting off a chain of events that bankrupted Enviva.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

The man who shot Abe, Tetsuya Yamagami, said he had held a grudge against the prime minister because of his ties with the Unification Church, which had bankrupted his family.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

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

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

But she works far fewer hours in New Zealand, gets six weeks of paid vacation and unlimited sick days, and no longer feels like her care is bankrupting patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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