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Verb
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While many areas are seeing visibility reduced to between one and three miles, patchy dense fog is reducing visibilities to as low as one quarter mile in spots.—
NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
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Unable to turn back against the strong currents of the Napo, the party, now reduced to just 50, carried on downriver toward the Amazon.—
Adjective
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The district said if the loan is denied, the district is projected to be insolvent after the 2026-27 school year.—
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Would Congress really allow Social Security to go insolvent?—
Adjective
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Looking at the books of the three hospitals, one, Waterbury Hospital, was the bankrupt property of investors who were revealed as financially challenged during its bankruptcy proceedings.—
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Federal prosecutors have charged top executives at the subprime auto lender Tricolor with conspiring to defraud lenders and investors of the now-bankrupt company.—
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“Straitened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitened. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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