Example Sentences

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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

The German Empire has bankrupted herself in men, necessaries of life, and money.

From Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Runciman, Walter