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[bot-uhm] / ˈbɒt əm /






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Game 6 of that matchup is often picked as the greatest in series history—because of its back-and-forth lead changes, its several great defensive plays and what happened in the bottom of the 12th inning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The bottom eight are eliminated, meaning that after eight matches, 24 sides are still in the competition.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart for my recent post,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“In particular, our economists expect that income growth for the bottom income quintile will accelerate notably in 2027 as inflation slows and January cost-of-living adjustments boost transfer payments,” they said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

And there’s a huge green splotch covering the bottom front part of my favorite purple flowered shirt.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Bull-market tops are not the mirror opposite of bear-market bottoms.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

But it is also about culture—hence “Winning Works,” which is intended to put fresher bottoms into seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Return the pastries to the oven for 3 to 5 minutes, until the bottoms of the wells feel firm and no longer look raw.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

It was so still in the bottoms I could hear my heart thumping.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“The company’s fundamentals haven’t yet bottomed out, and near-term catalysts are not apparent,” Deutsche Bank said ahead of the earnings release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

October is often a month of severe declines, but is also known as the “bear killer” because the market has bottomed in October many times as well — halting those severe declines.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 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

Stocks bottomed that March, down an astounding 56%, and began a relentless rally that was only upended, however briefly, by the Covid pandemic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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

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

He said it reminds him of 2008, when gold initially sold off with equities before bottoming in November 2008 — and it “hasn’t looked back since.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

Since bottoming on April 10, MongoDB stock has advanced 44%.

From Barron's ● May 28, 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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