bankrupting
- present participle of bankrupt.
Example Sentences
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The nation’s electric utilities aren’t stepping up because the last two AP1000 units, completed over 2023-24, came in way over budget and took more than a decade to finish, bankrupting Westinghouse in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026
“I’m getting calls from the East Coast asking me if people should invest in bankrupting L.A. County,” Supervisor Kathryn Barger said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
If successful, Energy Transfer’s $300 million lawsuit may end up bankrupting the advocacy group as a whole, both domestically and internationally.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025
He thought nothing of bankrupting his own people to buy Rome’s protection.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
