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Medical care for those serious conditions is expensive, and could have bankrupted someone with inadequate insurance.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2025

The council scaled back its town regeneration plan by £40m this year, claiming not doing so "would have bankrupted us".

From BBC Apr. 20, 2024

And prosecutors could mobilize further resources to pursue a legal case against a minister for years—a case that would have bankrupted him, had it not been for generous donations from friends and allies.

From Slate Jun. 21, 2022

After labor actions in Juneau, Alaska, a court in 1949 awarded one company a $750,000 judgment that could have bankrupted the I.L.W.U.’s umbrella organization.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2019

“You must have bankrupted your kingdom for such a reward, my friend.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan