put out of business
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We have very clear evidence that if the court strikes down this rule, it will essentially revive some of the companies that have been basically put out of business.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2024
Sure, Netflix making a show about the rental chain it helped put out of business is a little like Amazon making a show about Waldenbooks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
The potential damages are “astronomical to the point the company could be put out of business if the violations are not immediately addressed, stopped and remedied,” the lawsuit reads.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2022
There was a fear in MI6 in the 1990s that they would be put out of business thanks to what could be done online.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
I'm not to be put out of business by wan punch from an old puddin' like Steele.
From Money Magic A Novel by Hamlin Garland
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