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Nobody rings a bell at the bottom, but the market does leave clues when a bottom has been hit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
But Tottenham are bottom of the table, having lost their first two games to Brentford and Newcastle and failing to score a goal.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Tirtha Dhar, a marketing professor who studies consumer choice at the University of Guelph in Canada, says cold drinks have become a "sweet spot" for Starbucks' bottom line.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Even while AI budgets are being funded aggressively, leaders can’t yet draw a straight line to the bottom line, meaning ROI hasn’t caught up to investment, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
As if he’d been thrust into a scene in the bottom of this swirling shadow.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The indicator’s theoretical rationale is that households are late to jump on the market’s bandwagon, and are therefore most bullish at or near tops and most bearish at or near bottoms.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The school has decided to get rid of its branded blazer, the branded pinafore, branded shorts and PE jogging bottoms.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
And the bottoms are often rounded, increasing your chances of slipping as you get in or out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Return the pastries to the oven for 3 to 5 minutes, until the bottoms of the wells feel firm and no longer look raw.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The fishermen in Zmeyreka affixed little knives to the bottoms of their boats to keep the vodyaniye away.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
October is often a month of severe declines, but is also known as the “bear killer” because the market has bottomed in October many times as well — halting those severe declines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
But these are just the latest moves in a sustained rise in yields that has been under way since long-term interest rates bottomed at historic lows in 2020, during the worst of the Covid pandemic.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The car practically bottomed out in a pothole that was more of a crevasse.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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It was dry too, he said, with relative humidity bottoming out at 12% that day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“In wealth, we believe we have seen a bottoming of evergreen inflows in the May 1st close,” Lipshultz said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
“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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