How to Use declare bankruptcy in a Sentence

declare bankruptcy

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• The only way past it, the Foys concluded, was to declare bankruptcy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
• If a business cannot generate a surplus on a sustained basis, then it will be forced to declare bankruptcy.
  — Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 13 Feb. 2025
• She was forced to declare bankruptcy, giving the company, which caters to cinephiles and foodies, a fresh start with new amenities.
  — CBS News, 3 July 2021
• Tanner and Gomes saw no choice for the city but to declare bankruptcy and renegotiate the unions’ contracts.
  — Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
• Coppola lost his studio and was left with debts that eventually forced him—and Eleanor—to declare bankruptcy.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2024
• Those zombie companies are now going out of business, as many family-run firms declare bankruptcy.
  — Allison Schrager, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
• Another option for homeowners facing foreclosure who cannot pay what is owed is to declare bankruptcy.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• When production grinds to a halt, these operators declare bankruptcy or otherwise go out of business.
  — Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
• The company, which didn’t declare bankruptcy itself, has maintained that its baby powder was safe and didn’t contain asbestos.
  — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
• The store closures come as many Wall Street analyst suspect the restaurant will declare bankruptcy in coming weeks.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 14 May 2024
• Budget airlines would start up business, only to declare bankruptcy after deadly crashes.
  — New York Times, 10 Jan. 2021
• The move to declare bankruptcy while assets outweigh liabilities is due to pending court cases that may cost the church millions more to settle.
  — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
• The state’s oil industry has been drying up for decades, and some companies have been fleeing the state or founding stand-alone units that can declare bankruptcy if necessary.
  — Janet Wilson, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2021
• Better to allow countries to declare bankruptcy and start over, just as individuals and firms can do in a domestic economy.
  — Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016
• Levi Monagle, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said the decision to declare bankruptcy was not surprising.
  — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
• As part of the deal, the subsidiary would declare bankruptcy, although that proposal has been challenged in court by the Justice Department.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
• While some government assistance programs will help some businesses survive, other companies will be forced to close or declare bankruptcy.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• If the data center’s plans or technology changes, that subsidiary could declare bankruptcy, leaving the other customers with the remaining costs.
  — Theodore J. Kury, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
• If a business cannot generate positive free cash flows on a sustained basis and cannot take on more debt or issue more equity to finance itself, then it will be forced to declare bankruptcy.
  — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
• In a statement, de la Torre said the company decided to declare bankruptcy over rising costs and the delay in finalizing the sale of its physician network.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• What’s become clear is that after a tumultuous year in retail, which saw the stalwart brand declare bankruptcy, the future of Brooks Brothers’ past is looking good.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2021
• That’s why job losses and production decline will continue, and a company that depends on cash flow from new shale oil wells that aren’t going to be drilled won’t be able to pay its bank notes, and will declare bankruptcy.
  — Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2020
• The company returned to court last month to declare bankruptcy once again, citing the loss of nearly $257 million between March and June.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• Helmers are scrambling to reclaim distribution rights to their work out of fear that 1091 Pictures’ parent company could declare bankruptcy.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• The company tried to declare bankruptcy in April, saying the 2020 defamation cases were threatening its solvency.
  — Marshall Cohen, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
• The council gave in, and, in May, 2008, Vallejo became the largest city in California ever to declare bankruptcy.
  — Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
• It’s being reported that Bed Bath & Beyond is considering increasing its legal team in order to declare bankruptcy in the coming weeks.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Moscow has repeatedly demanded that YouTube restore its channels and seized Google’s bank account in the country, forcing its local unit to declare bankruptcy and move its staff abroad.
  — Sam Schechner, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2022
• Lisa Noriega stopped working as a real estate agent and had to declare bankruptcy after contracting COVID for the sixth time.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 15 Mar. 2026
• The cryptocurrency world is waiting anxiously to see whether Celsius will seek to restructure and eventually unfreeze assets, or declare bankruptcy and leave depositors in the cold.
  — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 21 June 2022