penniless
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Dodsworth, best known for presenting the weather on ITV Wales, said she later discovered she had been left "absolutely penniless" and with debts in her name that she "knew nothing about".
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Ms. Ypi tells us that the two had been close enough for her grandfather to once offer to settle the penniless Hoxha’s debts with his Parisian landlady.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
So, if you happen to be one of the winners of the $965 million Mega Millions jackpot, how can you ensure you don’t end up penniless?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025
At 17, he ended up penniless in Miami, living with his father in a rat-infested warehouse and cleaning canary cages for cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
Yet the hard, pessimax truth of the matter found her stranded and penniless in a midsized European nation where she did not speak the language, wearing boy’s clothes and smelling of fish.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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