How to Use in bankruptcy in a Sentence

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  • The city ranks high for a year-to-year rise in bankruptcy filings and for search interest in debt and loans.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Or, as Musk has warned, the company could land in bankruptcy court.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Trench folded in bankruptcy in the 1990s and does not share roots in Oxford’s business.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • By the middle of that month, FTX was in bankruptcy proceedings.
    Brandy Hadley, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But Moskowitz’s case versus Cuban and the Mavericks stood stalled in bankruptcy court.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 May 2023
  • Yet even in bankruptcy court, title lenders in Georgia have the upper hand.
    Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 13 July 2023
  • Giuliani has vowed to appeal and is fighting the judgment in bankruptcy court.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The city ranks high for residents with accounts in distress and for year-to-year rise in bankruptcy filings.
    USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The plan called for allowing student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy just like other debts.
    Katie Lobosco, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Among them is Chesapeake, a fracking pioneer that was in bankruptcy just two years ago.
    Jon Hilsenrath, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Finding a buyer for the company in bankruptcy could be a daunting task.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Henrik Fisker’s first attempt to start an electric car company came to an end in 2013 in bankruptcy.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • But by 2018, the fun was over, the money was drying up and Sargsyan found himself in bankruptcy court, where what remained of his companies’ assets were to be sold off.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • That ruling set the stage for the Supreme Court to consider a long-controversial practice in bankruptcy law.
    David Ovalle, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Jones' parent company is now in bankruptcy, The New York Times reports.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Purdue and the Sacklers are still held up in bankruptcy court over a plan to resolve thousands of other opioid cases.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Purdue and the Sacklers are still held up in bankruptcy court over a plan to resolve thousands of other opioid cases.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The company, once among the largest crypto platforms in the world and valued at $32 billion, is now in bankruptcy proceedings.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The families have been fighting him in bankruptcy court ever since.
    Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • The families have been fighting him in bankruptcy court ever since.
    Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • What is a stalking-horse purchase agreement in bankruptcy?
    Gabe Hauari, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024
  • And if things don’t work out, existing owners might not be any better off since preferred stock ranks above common in bankruptcy.
    Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Thanks to her, many of the British firm's assets were sold in bankruptcy to China, where both her parents worked in the auto industry and where her connections clearly helped.
    Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Rite Aid to close 31 California stores in bankruptcy, pulling out of some cities entirely.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • McMahon wanted to know whether the money was moved in part to ensure a role for the Sacklers in bankruptcy negotiations.
    Geoff Mulvihill, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2021
  • She’s also been fighting in bankruptcy court to maintain control of the properties.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Last month, Christmas Tree Shops gave up trying to save itself while in bankruptcy and began liquidating all of its stores.
    Steven Church, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Those assets were not insured by the government, and many investors are still attempting to claw back their money in bankruptcy court.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Those assets were not insured by the government, and many investors are still attempting to claw back their money in bankruptcy court.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • The tough decisions Detroit made in bankruptcy set it on a brighter path, enabling the city to reinvest in public safety, parks, street lights and blight demolition.
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 18 July 2024

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