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Truist’s bottom line is that the weight of the evidence supports staying aligned with the longer-term market uptrend.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 2023 Mae Muller finished second from bottom and in 2021 James Newman came last - this time with "nul points".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At the bottom of the box was a pencil-drawn, surprisingly close likeness of Mark and Rita Roebuck.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The world cannot afford a race to the bottom on AI safety," he warned Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
I wait at the bottom of the steps.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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
This is not an addiction drama of vicious rock bottoms and wild misbehavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
I decided right then that if I could get out of it, I wouldn’t tell Mama everything that had happened down in the bottoms.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
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 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
“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
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
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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