How to Use bailout in a Sentence

bailout

noun
  • Binance agreed to buy FTX in a bailout, then backed out of the deal.
    Marley Jay, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • If workers got a raw deal out of the bailout, then so did the planet.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The deal is one of the largest acquisitions by NatWest since its 2008 state bailout.
    William Shaw, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The government had been in talks with the IMF about a bailout, barring which Pakistan was sure to default.
    Nazish Brohi, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Pakistan also hopes the board will approve the release of a crucial $1.1 billion from the bailout.
    Saudi Arabia, Fox News, 11 July 2023
  • Sri Lanka turned to the IMF for help to rescue the economy and secured a bailout package last year.
    Bharatha Mallawarachi, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2024
  • So far, there hasn’t been much movement on a federal bailout.
    Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
  • During the ensuing 4 on 4, Ullmark stared down Tkachuk on a breakaway — and didn’t need to make a bailout save, since Tkachuk hit the iron.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some still consider the actions taken by the government over the last week a bailout.
    Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of people still…would term it as a bailout similar to the auto industry.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • But while the plan has garnered some support from lawmakers across the aisle, Ivey has been firmly against a state bailout.
    Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Biden and other Democrats in Washington deny that their actions amount to a bailout.
    CBS News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Yet one month into the season, the Bulls offense ranks in the bottom third of the league, often forcing DeRozan to attempt a late-game bailout that falls just short.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Yes, the batting average stood at .218 after the Lugo bailout.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The pandemic ground air travel—and airline profits—to a halt, and sent the companies to Washington to beg for bailouts.
    Maria Aspan, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The four-trillion dollar figure was likely an estimate for the price of the federal bailout.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
  • In the space of a couple of weeks in June, Bankman-Fried committed about $1 billion in bailout funds, according to an estimate by Bloomberg.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Bankman-Fried’s efforts to find a last-minute, multibillion-dollar bailout came up short, and the firm declared bankruptcy.
    Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Lawmakers plan to present the bailout plan to Gov. Kay Ivey in the next couple of months, and anticipate support from across district and party lines.
    al, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And while five of Butler’s eight assists led to 3-pointers, there also was, in Butler’s view, too much reliance on his one-on-one skills for bailout baskets.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Clarke and Williams, however, are among few local officials who have publicly voiced their support for the bailout.
    Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Officials claim the move is needed to meet conditions for a $3 billion IMF bailout and announced the extra time off to prevent bank runs.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 June 2023
  • Analysts say Egypt is dragging its feet over meeting the conditions of the $3 billion I.M.F. bailout granted last year.
    Vivian Yee, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • That was the highest level since the adoption of the euro a decade earlier, and close to levels that had forced other eurozone countries to seek bailouts.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • During the brutal winter, most elk bailout of the high country and migrate to foothill food sources, including agriculture fields.
    Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Which brings us back to this unfortunate but necessary bailout.
    Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Her new government quickly rolled out a large bailout plan to protect homes and businesses from rising energy costs from the war in Ukraine.
    Max Colchester, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In a matter of months, the company went from planning an IPO to laying off thousands and procuring a multi-billion-dollar bailout.
    Ethan M Steinberg, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats call the reform a bailout for insurers that will raise homeowner premiums.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The situation was so unusual that the I.M.F. for the first time made settling this domestic debt a prerequisite for a bailout.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023

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