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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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Plus you can predict your Super Bowl winner at the bottom of this page.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Mired in a slump and struggling to stay out of the bottom of the standings, the Galaxy treated Saturday as a must-win in a 2-1 victory over New England.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 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

The company’s loyal tea drinkers are emailing executives and signing petitions in a desperate bid to bring back the old recipe—and get to the bottom of the “Great Chai Incident of 2026.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

‘See,’ I said, pointing frantically to the bottom of the page.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

This is not an addiction drama of vicious rock bottoms and wild misbehavior.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 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

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

Just then a warm summer breeze whispered down from the hills and fanned its way through the tall-timbered bottoms.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“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

It eventually bottomed after registering a roughly 75% decline.

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 first case I passed contained objects with hidden compartments in which inmates had stashed things—a false- bottomed Coke can, a hollow-heeled shoe, and a hollow-handled hairbrush.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

“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

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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