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Scotland's Robert MacIntyre plunged towards the bottom of the leaderboard with an eight-over par 80 – which featured a quadruple bogey nine.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

That mission seemed like a success, but when crews began inspecting the heat shield on the bottom of the uncrewed capsule after splashdown, they noticed a problem.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But seasonal factors suggest that the bottom could be several months away: On average, historically, the six-month period beginning May 1 is a poor one for the stock market during midterm U.S. election years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

They constituted hitting a new bottom, a new and infernal, face-lit-by-flames bottom, in world communications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

On a river in Alaska while training I once saw a place where a whirlpool had frozen into a cone, open at the bottom like a beautiful trap waiting to suck the whole team down.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen