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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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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

"The whole thing was terrifying," said Nikki Baggs, 41, who was among those to be airlifted out of the bottom of the Grand Canyon on Saturday alongside her two friends.

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

Is the independent adviser more concerned about their own bottom line than yours?

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Mr. Smit examined and approved the hiding place for ration cards beneath the bottom step.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

All at once the big monkey stopped squalling and the bottoms got as still as a graveyard.

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

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

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

Hatted, bell- bottomed and Loved from the Beginning.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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

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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