delinquent

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These risk weightings aren’t set in stone and can rise under various circumstances, including if more of the underlying loans become delinquent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Beca is a surly delinquent of questionable judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

I walk a frozen Bothnian Gulf at Nallikari, an obscured lighthouse, a delinquent lifeguard stand, and makeshift saunas stand on white expanse like archaeology.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The share of seriously delinquent FHA loans rose 26% in the fourth quarter of 2025, ending the year at the highest level since early 2022, separate data from Intercontinental Exchange showed.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

I started to think that making Byron spend all of his summer in this heat was more punishment than even a juvenile delinquent like him deserved.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis