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The actions by Fitch and S&P Global put some of Brightline’s bonds further into junk bond territory and provide further signals of growing skepticism that the train service will be able to make its debt payments on time and in full in the months ahead.—Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026 However, taxpayers pay lower interest rates for issuing bonds and Dabrowski complained that the state was once a step above high-interest junk bond status.—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026 Netflix, a company that built its business on junk bonds, is looking to borrow heavily again.—Emily Graffeo, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025 All sorts of stocks and junk bonds.—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for junk bond