out of business
Example Sentences
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Summer travel will be more expensive and some airlines could go out of business as the war in Iran continues to drive oil prices up.
From Los Angeles Times
The companies each said they expect to benefit if some of the newer cold-storage operators go out of business.
The old factory at 120 Jefferson Northeast, a sand-colored brick building with its distinctive arched entryway, had gone out of business, and quickly.
From Slate
In the near-term, this type of fuel surge could knock many small truck drivers out of business, straining the available capacity for shipping the same quantity of goods, said Avery Vise, vice president of trucking with FTR Transportation Intelligence.
Most of the good clocks came from there, and recently several firms with whom we had dealt for years were simply and mysteriously “out of business.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
