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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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The researchers also investigated evidence of Earth's ancient magnetic field recorded in sediments deposited at the bottom of a lake.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

They ranked 28th out of 30 this season and have been in the bottom five of the major leagues every year since 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Sunderland remain bottom of the Premier League after a goalless draw with Leeds in difficult conditions at the Stadium of Light.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Interim stabilization plans call for fill buttress at the bottom of the slope, the work necessitating closure of the southbound lanes on PCH between Reef Point and Irvine Cove drives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

From the bottom of the suitcase, Liz lifted a folded cloth with some very amateur-looking needlework on it— uneven stitches, mismatched colors, loose threads, snarls.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bull-market tops are not the mirror opposite of bear-market bottoms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

It's "bottoms down" for the Daily Star, as it says Westminster City Council is "touting a 'no standing' plan" in pubs.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

And the bottoms are often rounded, increasing your chances of slipping as you get in or out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

I just knew they had gone back to the river bottoms.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

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

At the top of the mountain, the road dropped precipitously and swung back and forth until it bottomed out into a long, narrow valley.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Its value peaked near $200 billion in 2021, then collapsed along with vaccine sales, bottoming at about $10 billion last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

It was dry too, he said, with relative humidity bottoming out at 12% that day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“In wealth, we believe we have seen a bottoming of evergreen inflows in the May 1st close,” Lipshultz said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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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