had defaulted
- past perfect of default.
Example Sentences
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The decision by a court in Liege came after Standard’s former owner Bruno Venanzi and shareholders of the company holding the club’s stadium requested the move, saying 777 had defaulted on a payment.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
In January, more than 100 financial sleuths were dispatched to the Guangzhou headquarters of China Evergrande Group, a real estate giant that had defaulted a year earlier under $300 billion of debt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The government had defaulted in the payment of its loans, and it had to restructure its debt with creditors to qualify for the IMF bailout.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
The bank alleged that the trust had defaulted on more than $4 million in loans and sought a restraining order prohibiting the transfer of the trust’s properties and freezing the trust’s bank account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
In August it leapt to 25.44 percent, and by the end of the year it stood at 37.7 percent—more than a third of the pool of borrowers had defaulted on their loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
