SPIRALED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

spiraled

verb

variants or spiralled

past tense of spiral

as in curled

to follow a circular or spiral course a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit

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Recent Examples of spiraled Negotiations between the company and the Pentagon spiraled in February after the two sides failed to agree on how the military could use its models. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 The curls, which spiraled around her, were arguably louder than the print she was clad in. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 One [scene] that has stayed with me the whole series happened during Episode 205 when Layla threw a birthday party for Liv and Jordan that spiraled out of control. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 The clip quickly spiraled across the internet, ultimately another PR win for the coach’s youthful operation. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 Others seized on this reasoning, and the mythmaking quickly spiraled. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 The government's counter-insurgency spiraled into sectarian violence. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026 The government’s counter-insurgency spiraled into sectarian violence. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 Olsen certainly hurt those around him, too, growing up, especially as his addiction spiraled and his platonic, romantic and familial relationships fell apart. — David Oliver, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Calvin Harris switched the point of attack and fed Luiz right into stride, and Luiz curled one into the far corner from outside the penalty area.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Hadid’s curled blonde hair was secured beneath a polka-dot bandana, worn with sporty Side Eye NYC sunglasses.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

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Chase Meidroth hit a long fly down the left-field line that curved foul during a third-inning at-bat Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
In a new paper published in Royal Society Open Science, mathematician Alain Goriely shows that even though the stylobate really is curved, the illusion doesn’t hold up.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

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