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If this continues, the country will go de facto bankrupt.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025 -
For example, bankrupt fabric retailer Joann is closing 800 stores, potentially impacting nearly 20,000 employees.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Pritzker also sided with government unions over taxpayers by authorizing around $100 million in new annual pension sweeteners for two nearly insolvent Chicago funds.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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In the past, the Chinese government had preferred financially sound developers over insolvent ones when deciding their eligibility to get government support.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune Asia,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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And last year, when Silicon Valley Bank—favored by startups—was about to go bust, the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, came to its customers’ rescue.—
Ramon Pacheco Pardo,
Foreign Affairs,
7 May 2024
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And while those payments crimped Spotify’s profits, and the company has lately struggled to sell stock investors on a convincing growth story, Spotify is also not about to go bust.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
2 Jan. 2024
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The first movie tapped out with $86.1 million but became a sleeper hit on home entertainment, while the sequel ended its run with $174.3 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2023
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For example, the March 12 episode features Graves and three other male survivalists who tapped out -- that is, left early before the 21-day challenge concluded -- in earlier appearances.—
kturnqui,
oregonlive,
10 Mar. 2023
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Feingold, who has been in practice for more than 30 years specializing in women’s reproductive health, believes the hospital should have given Pike a mental health evaluation after her confession of feeling depressed and self-harm at Destinii’s birth.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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Examples include formerly depressed but now vibrant cities, such as Pittsburgh, and once stagnant but now relatively successful developing countries, such as Bangladesh and Rwanda.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Possessionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessionless. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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