nadir
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For investors hoping that this year’s stock-market pullback has already reached its nadir, BTIG’s Jonathan Krinsky has some bad news.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
“Labyrinth” landed during a creative nadir for Bowie, one he described to TV host Jonathan Ross in 2002 as “his Phil Collins years.”
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
Instead, the tumultuous start to Nancy's reign as Celtic manager slipped to an early nadir.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
Mr. van Pelt describes the crematoria and the whiteprint as “a nadir in the history of architecture.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
His father wasn’t growing old: he had reached some kind of nadir ten or twelve years ago and now he was growing backward, aiming toward middle age, maybe youth.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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