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The olive brine at the bottom of the container after the last olive has been spirited away for cocktails and snack plates.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
The slabs at the bottom of the pool are 8 inches of concrete.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
Former state controller Betty Yee — who languished at the bottom of the polls — held on for a few more weeks before calling it quits.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
We know because in 1965 an A-4 rolled off the USS Ticonderoga, leaving a bomb capable of 1 megaton yield at the bottom of the Philippine Sea, where it remains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Ida,” she said, dark and slow like the water at the bottom of a river, “I have done something very much like that.”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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