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

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

But despite “all of the saber-rattling,” U.S. oil prices are still “closer to their trough than their peak” for the year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

The analysts think PDD and Meituan are now trading near their five-year trough multiples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

A bullish engulfing candle defined the lows in April 2025, and a hammer off the very round $100 level in April 2026, filling a gap from July 2025, again marked a trough.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

He found Nellie playing with the water in the trough, pushing waves and tossing her head so that the water slopped out on the ground.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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

At the troughs of this structure, there were notable bullish reactions, including a harami in September 2024 and a bullish engulfing candle in April 2025, both of which previously triggered strong upside moves.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

“Convoluted Line A” and “Convoluted Line B” are metal troughs set into a raised concrete platform, their winding forms charting a course that visitors must circumvent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 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

In moonlight, two acres of coarse bent grass, undulant and ankle deep, tumbled and rough as a horse’s mane, appear like a bay of waves, all shadowy troughs and hollows.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams