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What’s more, the Patriots are minus-three in turnover differential, which is near the bottom of the league.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Replacing a bottom 5% teacher with an average one for a year, they estimated, increases one classroom’s combined lifetime earnings by $250,000 in present value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
First, speak to a supervisor at the bank where all of this happened so you can get to the bottom of how you were hacked.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
United have also been criticised for a lack of investment in the Women's Super League squad, which is currently second bottom of the table with one point from three games.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
His mother recalls only that Phineas talked about driving six-horse teams for this coach line on the bottom of the world.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Carefully remove the ramekins and return the pastries to the oven just until the bottoms of the wells are firm enough to hold an egg.
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
Jeans remain the core of Levi’s business, and skinny, slim, bootcut and straight fits still make up the bulk of its bottoms segment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The older boy got on a bus while the 16-year-old removed his blood-stained jogging bottoms and threw them over a wall.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Snow lay in drifts against the bottoms of buildings.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Gold eventually bottomed below $4,000 an ounce last month — a decline of about 30% from the January peak.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
KKR sold private-equity investments to boost profits, while Blue Owl said investor withdrawals had bottomed out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Stocks bottomed that March, down an astounding 56%, and began a relentless rally that was only upended, however briefly, by the Covid pandemic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The British finally made a move toward the end of August, rowing half their army across to the Long Island in flat- bottomed boats.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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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
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
Historically, downturns then extend to the broader economy, creating a recession, which eventually leads to equities and credit bottoming.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 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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