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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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"Guess the bottom line is…I could keep my focus and nerve all four days to finish it off," he messaged when I asked for the secret sauce.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The question is whether any of it reaches the bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

‘I’m going to have to completely go back to the drawing board, rethink my life and probably start at the bottom in a new industry.’

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

A baited camera mounted on a bottom lander captured rare footage of another goblin shark swimming freely in its natural environment.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

But instead of Da, Patch had come along in back of me, the bottom of his skirt dragging.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

It shows him coming down several flights of stairs, wearing tracksuit bottoms and no shoes or top.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

“The general people, normal people, are actually getting off their bottoms and doing something.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Higher crude prices likely would emerge and cut down on demand, preventing inventories from hitting tank bottoms, Hoffman said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 6, 2026

Right now, the market appears “comfortable watching balances tighten gradually without aggressively repricing crude higher, because there remains a broad belief that the strait will reopen before true tank bottoms become visible,” Babin said.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

He opened his big mouth and made the bottoms ring with his shrill cries.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

A handy defence, given that the song bottomed out at number 29 in the UK singles chart, but it's also an essential recalibration.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Musselman didn’t exactly deliver on that investment during the 2024-25 season, as USC bottomed out during its first Big Ten men’s basketball slate.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Hims stock bottomed at the end of February, closing at $14.52.

From Barron's May 11, 2026

“The S&P 500 actually bottomed five trading days before oil’s peak, on March 30th, suggesting that equities were looking through a temporary supply disruption premium,” Colas said in the note.

From MarketWatch Apr. 14, 2026

The car practically bottomed out in a pothole that was more of a crevasse.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

“As this correction matures, the transfer of supply from long-term holders to newer hands at discounted prices remains a necessary part of the bottoming process,” says the firm in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Historically, downturns then extend to the broader economy, creating a recession, which eventually leads to equities and credit bottoming.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

China will also release its latest housing price index on Monday, with investors looking for any further signs of property prices bottoming out.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

An index of the Mag 7 stocks has surged more than 18% since bottoming out on March 30, and now sits just 1.8% south of the record high it reached in late October.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

“Everything’s fine, Mom,” I said, my stomach bottoming out: We were about to have a family argument right here in front of God and everybody.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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