become insolvent
Example Sentences
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However, as oil production declines and fossil fuel companies increasingly become insolvent, California regulators worry taxpayers may have to assume the costs to plug these wells.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Nine bodies, which had collectively received £46m, have become insolvent.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025
The program's funding is already in crisis and expected to become insolvent as early as 2033.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024
Ms. Green, of Lake Stevens, Wash., had claimed her benefit in 2015 after people in the plan were alerted that it might become insolvent.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Until a dividend is declared the profits of a corporation are simply its assets, do not belong to the stockholders, and should it become insolvent must be used to pay creditors.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
