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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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McKenna's 'Championship all-stars' fell well short of safety, finishing second bottom with just 22 points, 16 adrift of 17th-placed Tottenham Hotspur.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

In a July 29 earnings report, Meta said that the 2026 trials could “significantly impact” its bottom line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

It is clear that Reformation’s private-equity owner, Permira, has paid attention to the bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“You are who your friends are,” reads the text at the bottom of the screen.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

On a river in Alaska while training I once saw a place where a whirlpool had frozen into a cone, open at the bottom like a beautiful trap waiting to suck the whole team down.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

“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

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 setting sun illuminates the bottoms of those clouds and creates the beautiful sunsets.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The trees were once a source of timber for floorboards as well as in cart wheels and wagon bottoms due to their wood being naturally springy.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

About halfway through the bottoms, the road made a sharp left turn.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

The stock bottomed out and subsequently doubled after the loss was baked into predictions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

It hadn’t bottomed out yet, but it was heading that way.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

“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

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

Since bottoming on April 10, MongoDB stock has advanced 44%.

From Barron's May 28, 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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