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Tirtha Dhar, a marketing professor who studies consumer choice at the University of Guelph in Canada, says cold drinks have become a "sweet spot" for Starbucks' bottom line.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Here’s a breakdown of the top-five-earning bachelor degrees, the middle five and the bottom five:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Adding to the worries about his bottom line is the existential threat that poor prices will discourage growers from replanting pine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Tarp sales have been brisk, with the Three Rivers Mercantile store at the bottom of the mountain reporting 60 sold this season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But when we got it out of the box, something else was wedged in the bottom.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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This is not an addiction drama of vicious rock bottoms and wild misbehavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The school has decided to get rid of its branded blazer, the branded pinafore, branded shorts and PE jogging bottoms.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
She studies the stickers on the bottoms of the bottles.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“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
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
Big picture: The labor market bottomed out at the end of 2025, but companies aren’t rushing to create new jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 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 rush of wind made Roy’s eyes water as the flat- bottomed boat whisked across the sawgrass flats and weaved through the narrow winding creeks.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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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
“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
“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
June of that year recorded a bearish dark cloud cover candle, and from there, the price was chopped in half, ultimately bottoming in the mid $50s early last year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 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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