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In a coincidence of timing, I was no longer on the hook for the other half of my student loan debt — private loans I had defaulted on, totaling about $12,700.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2023

They were called after the suspect had defaulted on rent payments for months.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

A bank official said in 2015 that the university had defaulted on repayment of bonds totaling more than $36 million.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 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