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The bottom line: If you’re planning to hand out candy this Halloween, you’ll be paying more — no matter how big your chocolate bars are.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Robins finished fourth bottom of the second tier in 1994-95 but were relegated because of the rebalancing of the divisions to reduce the Premier League to 20 teams.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
But China has increased its oil imports since hitting a bottom in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The company had already reported a strong rise in its bottom line in the preceding two quarters, similarly driven by soaring oil and gas prices as well as its trading activities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
She had to scrape the bottom for them.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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The researchers compared several groove shapes, including narrow channels with square profiles and longer channels with curved bottoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bull-market tops are not the mirror opposite of bear-market bottoms.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
All the way through the bottoms to the river bank.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Meanwhile, mortgage rates, which bottomed out around 2.5% back then, are above 6.5%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
KKR sold private-equity investments to boost profits, while Blue Owl said investor withdrawals had bottomed out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Chip stocks may not have bottomed, but it’s close.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
The British finally made a move toward the end of August, rowing half their army across to the Long Island in flat- bottomed boats.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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After that appearance, prices fell another 6% before bottoming about a month later.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was dry too, he said, with relative humidity bottoming out at 12% that day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“In wealth, we believe we have seen a bottoming of evergreen inflows in the May 1st close,” Lipshultz said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
“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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