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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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If metals can hold recent lows, the path of least resistance can stay higher, but if there’s a break below “the search for the bottom resumes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

“The next Elvis won’t pick up a guitar. Suno’s ravenous race to the bottom aims to make human creativity obsolete,” it added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The most recent promoted side to make as bright a start and go down were Cardiff in 2013-14, who were 12th with 12 points but finished bottom on 30 points.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

“DKNG’s desire to be best-in-class has driven its top-line success, but greater guardrails around spend, particularly in the current regulatory backdrop, are critical to drive the bottom line and stock,” she added.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

I have that tiptoe feeling again, like we’re in the pool and my feet can’t reach the bottom.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The researchers compared several groove shapes, including narrow channels with square profiles and longer channels with curved bottoms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

There is no mirror opposite of the throwing in the towel that typically accompanies market bottoms — no obvious sign that the market is topping out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Tracksuit bottoms, jackets, hoodies and T-shirts sit untouched.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“With valuations having almost doubled off the bottoms post Q1, and on-cycle names unlikely to show material inflections, we lean more cautious heading into the on-cycle prints,” the analysts write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Rowdy and I walked up the river bank for about three hundred yards and then cut back through the bottoms.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

It bottomed out a few days later, down 12% from its Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The Covid-era, work-from-home device boom cooled, and flash prices bottomed out at 5 cents a gigabyte.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But the death cross before that had appeared on Sept. 9, 2024, and prices bottomed a week later after just another 1.8% decline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 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

A painful screech of metal on cement raked our ears as the chassis bottomed out.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

After that appearance, prices fell another 6% before bottoming about a month later.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

He said it reminds him of 2008, when gold initially sold off with equities before bottoming in November 2008 — and it “hasn’t looked back since.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 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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