nadir

The visit capped Bin Salman’s stunning redemption arc from the nadir of his reputation seven years ago.

Mr. van Pelt describes the crematoria and the whiteprint as “a nadir in the history of architecture.”

But in each of its three games since that Notre Dame nadir, the Trojans have come out looking like a totally different defense in the second half.

It was two years ago this month, with USC’s defense at an unthinkable nadir, that Lincoln Riley finally decided to fire Alex Grinch, his first defensive coordinator.

The practical effect would be to erode deterrence as the U.S. weathers a nadir in military power in this decade.