Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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That has bankrupted hundreds of small developers and depressed China’s economic growth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
“The virus has bankrupted us, obviously,” Zummo said.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2020
Vorbe said Moise has bankrupted the startup businesses that were developing in Haiti and has annihilated the education system.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2019
It has bankrupted GM and Chrysler, sent Ford to the brink.
From The Verge ● Jun. 12, 2014
Heredity has bankrupted him before he started on his career.
From Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South by Timothy Thomas Fortune
