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From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
I came across Finch—a popular mobile app for self-care and habit tracking—the way I imagine most of their user base does: at rock bottom, doomscrolling until I was hit with one of their ads.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
“But it’s hard to say top to bottom that the collection of individuals is not very special.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In this process, dense crystals would have settled near the bottom of the crust, while lighter and more chemically evolved melts moved upward.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The five-dollar bill crumpled in the bottom of my pocket taunted me, goading me to get my photograph taken like Ba and Auntie Matchmaker wanted.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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The indicator’s theoretical rationale is that households are late to jump on the market’s bandwagon, and are therefore most bullish at or near tops and most bearish at or near bottoms.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
He removed blood-stained jogging bottoms and threw them over a wall.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The fishermen in Zmeyreka affixed little knives to the bottoms of their boats to keep the vodyaniye away.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
“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
Using that method, gold should have peaked at $6,400 and bottomed at $3,700, he finds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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
The stock is down 13% this year but has rallied 41% since it bottomed after reporting fiscal 2025 fourth quarter earnings in late March.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 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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It was dry too, he said, with relative humidity bottoming out at 12% that day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“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
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
The daily chart shows signs of firm bottoming.
From Barron's ● May 6, 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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