- plural of trough.
troughs
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Mexican government forecasters say troughs - small-scale low pressure features - are expected in the middle and upper layers of the atmosphere over central parts of Mexico on Sunday, making the atmosphere very unstable.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
That lower high, coupled with the fresh low hit last week, extends the pattern of lower peaks and lower troughs that many chart watchers say defines a downtrend.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 14, 2026
What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
“The tips of the waves are called ridges and the bottoms of the waves are called troughs, and so the atmosphere flows just like water.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Watching him carefully sprinkling them into the troughs he'd made, I realized that I didn't know anything about growing food and that he knew everything.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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