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"Newcastle were were in desperate trouble and I could never say no - we were bottom of the league, fighting for our lives," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
For the first three weeks following its high that month, this index was relatively flat — and only thereafter did the bottom drop out in a big way.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The bank’s quarterly profit declined, with integration charges linked to its recent acquisitions weighing on its bottom line.
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
To my horror, I heard someone rushing back up from the bottom of the stairs.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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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
On average over the 50 trading days prior to market bottoms, short-term market timers reduce their recommended equity exposure by 20 percentage points.
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
It's "bottoms down" for the Daily Star, as it says Westminster City Council is "touting a 'no standing' plan" in pubs.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the cool silence of those Cherokee bottoms, I could find all the wonders of a storybook world.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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The Covid-era, work-from-home device boom cooled, and flash prices bottomed out at 5 cents a gigabyte.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
This ratio bottomed out at the end of July but built up again in August and September.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 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
A painful screech of metal on cement raked our ears as the chassis bottomed out.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Its value peaked near $200 billion in 2021, then collapsed along with vaccine sales, bottoming at about $10 billion last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
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
“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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