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Nobody rings a bell at the bottom, but the market does leave clues when a bottom has been hit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The collapsed glacier hit the bottom of a valley so powerfully that it registered a tremor with a magnitude of 5.2, according to the agency.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But Tottenham are bottom of the table, having lost their first two games to Brentford and Newcastle and failing to score a goal.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
“We were literally broadcasting seed oysters over the side of our boats,” McKeen said, referring to the way they would distribute juvenile oysters across the river bottom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Celia sets her stopwatch, and we start jogging as soon as we reach the bottom of our front steps.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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
Under Gass, Levi’s has been looking to dress consumers from head to toe by expanding its offerings of tops, dresses and non-denim bottoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Taking his time, Grandpa told Papa everything that had happened to us down in the bottoms.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
October is often a month of severe declines, but is also known as the “bear killer” because the market has bottomed in October many times as well — halting those severe declines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 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 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
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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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