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Verb
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Fires in the area and a federal immigration crackdown last year have reduced tourism, leaving his 12 buses carrying fewer passengers.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026 -
That reduced alcohol spending is not due to price changes, but because consumption is falling, the report said.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The United States is technically insolvent.—
Les Rubin,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Last fall, it was deemed insolvent and filed the Canadian equivalent of bankruptcy.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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UConn Health’s purchase of Waterbury Hospital for $13 million from a bankrupt out-of-state, for-profit company took effect over the weekend.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2026
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Director William Friedkin’s film has been lauded for its gritty realism, morally grey (or perhaps outright bankrupt) anti-hero and its revolutionary chase sequences that inspire filmmakers to this day.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Straitened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitened. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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