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Adjective
She is broke and homeless.
Can I borrow 10 dollars? I'm broke until payday.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
About half of participants lost money, and 1 in 6 went broke.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
This has led to worries that, with all the damage from the current fires, the plan will go broke.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
If not a broke man’s Kyler Murray, Keene has a chance to be Gabriel-lite for Michigan.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Seeger invites the broke musician to stay on his couch and into the heart of his family and takes him under his wing.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
About half of participants lost money, and 1 in 6 went broke.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
This has led to worries that, with all the damage from the current fires, the plan will go broke.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
If not a broke man’s Kyler Murray, Keene has a chance to be Gabriel-lite for Michigan.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broke. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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