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For the first three weeks following its high that month, this index was relatively flat — and only thereafter did the bottom drop out in a big way.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Overall, we expect the strong set of results including the top and bottom line beat to be well received and expect the shares to outperform by at least 2-3%” on Friday, the bank says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Despite Anderson's wickets, the club finished second bottom in Division Two of the County Championship.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
I do think things will turn for Oliver Glasner's side eventually but they are in the bottom three and he is desperate for a win.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The researchers compared several groove shapes, including narrow channels with square profiles and longer channels with curved bottoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bull-market tops are not the mirror opposite of bear-market bottoms.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
But it is also about culture—hence “Winning Works,” which is intended to put fresher bottoms into seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
It's "bottoms down" for the Daily Star, as it says Westminster City Council is "touting a 'no standing' plan" in pubs.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Calling to Rowdy, I picked up my net and headed for the bottoms as fast as I could trot.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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This ratio bottomed out at the end of July but built up again in August and September.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The company’s fundamentals haven’t yet bottomed out, and near-term catalysts are not apparent,” Deutsche Bank said ahead of the earnings release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Berg highlighted Korean equities and semiconductor stocks in general, as having bottomed and showing upside potential.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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
At the top of the mountain, the road dropped precipitously and swung back and forth until it bottomed out into a long, narrow valley.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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That was the highest ratio since 2007, after which they were underfunded for 16 years straight, bottoming at about 77% funded in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
Since bottoming on April 10, MongoDB stock has advanced 44%.
From Barron's ● May 28, 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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