1.   But her abrasive style also helped sink the company.

2.   But steep development costs and a tiny market for such exotic machines nearly sank the company.

3.   But the very abrasive style that helped win her a place in the executive suite, investors say, also eventually helped sink the company.

4.   In the most extreme cases, financing deals signed under duress threaten to sink the companies they were intended to save.

5.   It was too big for its time, and almost sank the company.

6.   Under his one-year reign, United has been plagued with problems that might well sink a company.

7.   Son denied criticism that Softbank was riding atop a bubble of acquisitions that boost cash flow in the short term but will eventually sink the company.