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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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“The pain for recent buyers was historically extreme not because the price move was the worst ever, but because it hit people who thought the bottom was already in,” says Cex.io.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"To some degree, you have to hit rock bottom to learn," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Alibaba is ramping up its artificial-intelligence efforts, but investors are worried the company’s aggressive spending plan will drag down its bottom line.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

They’re an invitation to save the pickle juice, embrace the capers and discover just how much life can be hiding in the bottom of a jar.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

“California has an enormous shoreline. See? Top to bottom, stretching over eight hundred miles. Land becomes sand and descends into the ocean.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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