defaulter
Example Sentences
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Zambia had the dubious distinction of being Africa’s first pandemic-era sovereign defaulter when he assumed office in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Five years after becoming Africa's first Covid-era debt defaulter, Zambia is seeing a dramatic turnaround in fortunes as major powers vie for access to its vast reserves of copper.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
It’s my understanding that the defaulter put down $2,000 and my friend cosigned for him to borrow the rest.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 29, 2025
It's a serial defaulter and its sovereign bonds are again trading at "distressed" levels, or a deep discount to their face value.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2022
Mr. Fanchon is of the firm of Litchfield & Fanchon, whom the reader may remember as Litchfield being the defaulter for thirty thousand dollars, and who left the country with that amount.
From Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel by May Leonard
