flat broke
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The woman making the request, Suerkis Polanco, explained that her family was flat broke and facing eviction from their “chete” in early January.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2024
When he was first elected in 1979, he was flat broke.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
Left there nearly flat broke and a broken golfer.
From Golf Digest • Feb. 7, 2020
Apart from the west San Fernando Valley home that he’d purchased with “Straight Outta Compton” money, the 27-year-old former N.W.A. sound architect was flat broke and fighting legal turmoil on multiple fronts.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017
Where he was, primarily, was flat broke again and more than a little discouraged.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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