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Russian electronic warfare disrupts the satellite navigation systems in Ukrainian drones, forcing them to drift with prevailing winds or default flight paths, rather than toward their intended targets inside Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

"Opting people in by default is not consent," a user said in one of the tamer responses to Twitch's announcement on X.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Asked why data is being collected by default, he said: "If it's opt-in, nobody would opt-in. That's the honest answer."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The more interest that is temporarily deferred, the higher the likelihood the borrower will default, according to a report by Raymond James.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Even better: AIG FP hinted that they might actually like to buy some credit default swaps.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Fitch Ratings counts these PIKs granted after origination as defaults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Then, more borrowers began using the relief valve—even including cash-strapped companies that requested it after taking out their loans—raising fears of looming defaults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Then, investors grew alarmed by several high-profile defaults caused by alleged frauds, and by loans made to software companies at risk of disruption by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Weaker performance by the companies they lend to and a selloff in public debt markets forced funds to write down investments that are still paying interest even as defaults climbed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

In 1998, AIG FP entered the new market for corporate credit default swaps: It sold insurance to banks against the risk of defaults by huge numbers of investment-grade public corporations.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“Responses were consistently vague and often defaulted to the argument that compute could be rented to third parties through Tencent Cloud if AI applications underperform,” Su says after the company’s earnings call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

As England goalkeeper Pickford collected the ball, Mora defaulted to returning to his natural position, failing to close the gap.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Bank of America Plaza’s previous owner, Brookfield Properties, defaulted on a $400 million loan and put the building on the market instead of facing foreclosure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Instead, they increasingly defaulted to reading the words themselves.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026

The loans carried, in effect, government guarantees; if the homeowners defaulted, the government paid off their debts.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

As for the Neo, Luria told MarketWatch that Apple saw “a need to expand its addressable market and engage with younger consumers that were defaulting into Chromebooks and low-end PCs.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

Starting in June 2025, with the pause having ended nine months prior, borrowers began defaulting again for the first time since the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

On defaulting people into annuities, I am a bit less enthusiastic.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

Analysts had expected about C$1.09 billion to have been set aside in the quarter against the risk of loans defaulting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Now, in February 2007, subprime loans were defaulting in record numbers, financial institutions were less steady every day, and no one but him seemed to recall what he’d said and done.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis