beggaring

Definition of beggaringnext
present participle of beggar

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • But the question of how to get landlords to deliver this housing without bankrupting their buildings matters just as much.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The indictment, unsealed in a federal courthouse in New York on Thursday, accuses Patrick James and Edward James of bankrupting First Brands and fraudulently obtaining billions of dollars behind the backs of the company's lenders and financing partners.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Accused of ruining baseball with their big-spending ways the past two years, the noise has only gotten louder as a labor showdown looms.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • To figure out its mechanism, Julius’s team had to somehow extract it from cells without ruining the very properties the researchers were trying to understand.
    Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Beggaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beggaring. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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