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Over time, material such as pollen, sand, plant remains, and organic matter settles at the bottom of a lake, building a layered record of past environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The bottom line: You don’t want to burn bridges at work.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The decayed plant turns black and is caught in a sieve, allowing the seeds to fall to the bottom of the catching tub.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the bottom half, Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a solo homer off Evan Phillips to regain the lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I know because I finally rescued that darn journal from the bottom of my bag and wrote it down.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
“With valuations having almost doubled off the bottoms post Q1, and on-cycle names unlikely to show material inflections, we lean more cautious heading into the on-cycle prints,” the analysts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
It is claimed he dumped tracksuit bottoms he had been wearing in a garden in St George's Cross.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
All around me the bottoms came to life with noises I had never heard before; grunts and squeals, barks and cries, and everything else.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
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 S&P 500 bottomed out on March 30, took just 15 trading days to reclaim its prewar levels and topped the 7000-point mark for only the second time ever.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Analysts said the company’s earnings likely bottomed out last year amid weak demand, rising costs and restructuring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Hatted, bell- bottomed and Loved from the Beginning.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
“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
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
The daily chart shows signs of firm bottoming.
From Barron's ● May 6, 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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