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• Those efforts were apparently unsuccessful and the grocery chain decided to close its doors and potentially file for bankruptcy protection, the source said.
  — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
• In a worst-case scenario, they’d be forced to file for bankruptcy.
  — Frederik Mijnhardt, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022
• His own lawyer told the judge on Feb. 21 that Mota should file for bankruptcy.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• In 2009, the hefty cost of retirement benefits was one of the factors that prompted G.M. and Chrysler to file for bankruptcy protection.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• People turned their anger to foreign investors and a move by the company to file for bankruptcy protection.
  — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• Polster’s order also gives the counties the ability to increase the bond amount if the pharmacies file for bankruptcy, or the appeals process lasts more than three years.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• In June, the market crash set off the equivalent of a bank run, forcing Celsius to halt withdrawals and eventually file for bankruptcy.
  — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• One of the top providers of home security systems in the nation plans to file for bankruptcy protection next week, with a deal in place to eliminate about $500 million in debt.
  — Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• Another lost her retirement savings and family home of over 50 years and was forced to file for bankruptcy.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2022
• Yellow, one of the oldest and biggest U.S. trucking businesses, is expected to file for bankruptcy and is in discussions to sell off all or parts of the business.
  — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2023
• By filing the lien, the Department of Revenue Services is protecting the state’s interest if the hospital chain were to file for bankruptcy or be sold.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• The situation was so dire, Google decided to file for bankruptcy.
  — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 18 July 2022
• The home-goods retailer's inability to make the payments pushed it a step closer to having to file for bankruptcy protection.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 27 Jan. 2023
• Plummeting sales in 2020, caused by the coronavirus pandemic, led some of the nation's largest retailers to file for bankruptcy.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2021
• Snowballing legal costs and mass resignations led Napster to file for bankruptcy in June 2002.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
• She’d never been evicted and had brought her credit score up to 632 — which is considered fair — after a health crisis had forced her to file for bankruptcy eight years earlier.
  — ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2022
• Earlier this year, Bed Bath & Beyond was preparing to file for bankruptcy.
  — Sarah Holder, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2023
• In exchange, the family and a lengthy list of associates, who did not file for bankruptcy protection, would be immune from future lawsuits.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 July 2021
• Other retailers file for bankruptcy rue21 is the latest retailer to file for bankruptcy and close stores.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• Retailers had a weak holiday stretch, December retail sales showed, and that could force some companies to close stores or file for bankruptcy.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
• Part of their suffering, some say, happens when Catholic officials fight to keep the lawsuit windows very small, or to file for bankruptcy when faced with costly mandates to pay survivors, or to go along with redactions.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
• After the incident, the company pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and was forced to file for bankruptcy.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Bed Bath & Beyond executives warned last month that the company could file for bankruptcy after seeing dismal sales during the past year.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2023
• Rental giant Hertz, which also owns the Dollar and Thrifty brands, was forced to file for bankruptcy reorganization in May and quickly started selling thousands of used cars in its fleet.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2021
• Founder Sam Bankman-Fried apologized to investors on Twitter as speculation swirled that the company may file for bankruptcy.
  — Quartz, 10 Nov. 2022
• Next year, the historic trend is likely to return, which means twice as many consumers are likely to file for bankruptcy, especially if unemployment rises, Morin said.
  — Lauren Coleman-Lochner, Bloomberg.com, 27 Dec. 2022
• The home store announced that 87 locations nationwide would be closing, and Reuters has learned that the company is also preparing to file for bankruptcy protection.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• Oil and gasoline prices plummeted, devastating the bottom line of countless companies and leading some to file for bankruptcy.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
• But financial troubles forced the organization to file for bankruptcy in 2011.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Warren chose Porter as a research assistant to aid in a project analyzing the reasons ordinary citizens file for bankruptcy.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Nov 2024