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"This is a game-changer, not just because we are striking at the enemy military, but also because we are bankrupting it," he said during a visit to the system's state-owned manufacturer, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2022
Here’s a fairly gentle, super middle-class, and yet very real lament from parents trying to feed their young kids in 2021: My child’s berries are bankrupting me—send help!
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2021
Case after case, a hospital that helps sustain its rural community is now also collecting payments that are bankrupting hundreds of its residents.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2019
In an editorial published in the Mayo Clinic’s medical journal, the doctors focus attention on the financial burden to patients, saying the out-of-pocket costs are bankrupting many just as they’re fighting a deadly illness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2015
And as in the case of Rome, the games are bankrupting it.
From Frigid Fracas by Mack Reynolds
