worst

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U.S. stocks have staged a big rebound over the past two weeks following what was, by some measures, the worst stretch for the market since last April’s tariff tumult.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

The players who will bear the worst of it will be those teeing off last—otherwise known as the guys atop the leaderboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Despite the team's best World Cup performance in 23 years, the management of player contracts left some Scotland players with what they described as "probably the worst case of mental health" they had ever experienced.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The stock has fallen nearly 22% in 2026, marking IBM’s worst start to a year since 2002, when it was down 26% over the same period.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

It was bad enough to be stuck there on that sharecropper’s farm; but to have a little daughter and a twisted leg, and not be able to do anything for her, hurt worst of all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls