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That moisture is being pulled northward by an upper-level trough — a low-pressure area in the atmosphere — and the resulting instability may produce thunderstorms and showers, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The first half was Admiral’s trough for earned pricing, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The index lost 40 percent between hitting its last high and its recent trough.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I was just in a trough, drowning in uncertainty," says Walaa Volidis, a Palestinian software engineer.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Well, when the maple sap came to the hole in the tree, it ran out of the tree, down the little trough and into the bucket.”

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

"We do have peaks and troughs in performance. Most nations do if you look at it," England Hockey chief executive Rich Beer told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Spikes in that ratio have flagged short-term stock peaks in the last two decades, as plunges flagged several market troughs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.

From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026

“The tips of the waves are called ridges and the bottoms of the waves are called troughs, and so the atmosphere flows just like water.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Even with the benefit of full water troughs and a cross-breeze, the animals are in a heat-induced stupor.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen