101.   Soon thereafter, however, the Maryland basketball team hit rocky bottom.

102.   Sometimes addicts have to hit bottom before they wise up.

103.   So when they were hammered by a nasty storm off the Oregon coast, their spirits hit bottom.

104.   Stick a stick into it until you hit bottom, then measure the solids and liquids on the stick.

105.   Soros said that by the time of the devaluations, his funds had become active buyers of the currencies, believing that they had already hit bottom.

106.   Specifically, we want our hero to hit bottom and then crawl back to success using a thrilling mixture of talent, energy and luck.

107.   Still, Jones and others say that the economy has stabilized after hitting bottom at the end of last year.

108.   That fall, Fisher hit bottom, emotionally and financially.

109.   The Asian Development Bank said Monday that the economic downturn had hit bottom, and it predicted that the region would return to economic growth this year.

110.   The band proceeded into oblivion without her, while she hit bottom after an unsuccessful solo career.