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He landed a role in sales at a small tech company—only to see the firm go bankrupt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

A financial crisis in Europe led investors to dump American railway bonds, and Jay Cooke and Co. went bankrupt, a shock to Wall Street on the scale of JPMorgan failing today.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

There were the frozen steaks, the fraudulent university, the ill-fated airline shuttle, the bankrupt Atlantic City casinos and a short-lived dating show spun off from “The Apprentice” that was canceled after two seasons.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

The account had been set up prior to Hall being declared bankrupt, Kounnou added.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

C-Cubed eventually went bankrupt, so Gates and his friends began hanging around the computer center at the University of Washington.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

"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

The customer who plays zero-sum games against them may win from time to time but never systematically, and never so spectacularly that he bankrupts the casino.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Congress voted to ban onion trading in the U.S. decades ago, following a notorious market-manipulation scandal that bankrupted investors and farmers across the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 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

The First Punic War spanned 23 years and nearly bankrupted both sides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The cases are ongoing, with plaintiffs also filing claims against the trusts of companies bankrupted by the litigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

The center filed lawsuits aimed at bankrupting Klan organizations, unsympathetic defendants that made easy targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

His comments follow a series of warnings over the recent surge in investment in AI, with some claiming the sector amounts to a bubble set to burst, rocking markets and bankrupting companies.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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

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