creditor
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The creditor committee alleges Dish’s parent company transferred billions of dollars in assets out of reach before filing for bankruptcy in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The GLA said that, as is standard practice in insolvency law, it had informed the administrators of the government's interest as a potential creditor.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Beyond its role as a major creditor, China has built a broad economic presence in Zambia, with interests spanning copper mining, roads, airports, power projects and industrial parks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The leverage the city has on the pending sale includes its status as a creditor seeking to recoup public funds spent to protect the complex with fencing and deploy police security to prevent vandalism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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Another advantage to a trust: For the most part, an irrevocable trust would shield assets from your mother’s creditors, if she had any.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
According to the filing, Signorello Estate believes it owes its creditors between $10 million and $50 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
An executor has a fiduciary responsibility to transparently and honestly deal with all aspects of the deceased’s estate, including paying creditors and taxes and distributing assets to heirs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
The former businessman negotiated a restructuring of the debt and rebuilt relations with foreign creditors.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The pressure from creditors and families was growing too great.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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