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be bumping along the bottomReach the lowest point in performance or ranking without improving or deteriorating further: the economy was still bumping along the bottom...- By contrast, the previous low in 1999 was reached while the price of oil was bumping along the bottom.
- If you compare us to other schools in the Doncaster area we have gone from bumping along the bottom to now being in mid-table in Doncaster, yet we were placed into special measures.
- With the US economy having been at best bumping along the bottom and media companies suffering from a drastic reduction in advertising revenue, American media moguls have more immediate issues on their mind than bids in Britain.
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