trough
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But part of the problem is that some organizations aren’t necessarily taking the right strategies to dig themselves out of the trough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Investors have also likely been drawn to artificial intelligence, which has proved a catalyst for the sector that suffered a decadeslong trough amid stagnation in U.S. electricity consumption.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
That’s still about 7 million to 8 million barrels a day below pre-war levels, but 5 million to 6 million barrels a day above a March trough, Goldman Sachs said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
They rested their feet for ten minutes, sitting on the rim of a stone water trough.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Regions corresponding to the crests contain more electrons, while the troughs contain fewer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 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
Mexican government forecasters say troughs - small-scale low pressure features - are expected in the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere over central parts of Mexico on Sunday, making the atmosphere very unstable.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
Her hand came ablaze, and among the flickering shadows I saw it, lurking among the troughs.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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