Example Sentences

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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 Reynolds, Mack