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in the rough





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Certain items may be overvalued, while others may be the proverbial diamonds in the rough.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Investors always like to find a diamond in the rough.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

That isn’t the case across the board, though, and there could be a couple of diamonds in the rough that have been unfairly punished, or at least have the potential to turn around in 2026.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Like most late-round prospects hoping to become a diamond in the rough, Horn came with questions.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

We may translate this to mean that he started the process of carving a statue by trying to visualize a figure in the rough, rectilinear block as it came to him from the quarry.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson