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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
But things quickly spiraled once the two couples hopped in their car to go home.
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Because what should have been a chance to clarify his current business moves or offer some perspective on his legacy spiraled into name-calling, interruptions, and accusations.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
But it has been plagued by performance issues that Gearbox’s CEO has spiraled about, but Gearbox itself has reassured fans are being worked on.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Without those safeguards, the project's scope and budget spiraled out of control.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
His rehab went slower than expected, however, and the Braves’ season spiraled.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
And his stops on campus tours were often met with impassioned protests that sometimes spiraled into chaos and violence, leading some schools to adopt strict security measures around his appearances.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The persecution worsened more than a decade ago during uprisings that remade the Middle East by toppling dictators — including Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak — but in some places spiraled into civil war.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Then tonsillitis spiraled into sepsis.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Because what should have been a chance to clarify his current business moves or offer some perspective on his legacy spiraled into name-calling, interruptions, and accusations.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
But it has been plagued by performance issues that Gearbox’s CEO has spiraled about, but Gearbox itself has reassured fans are being worked on.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Without those safeguards, the project's scope and budget spiraled out of control.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
His rehab went slower than expected, however, and the Braves’ season spiraled.
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
And his stops on campus tours were often met with impassioned protests that sometimes spiraled into chaos and violence, leading some schools to adopt strict security measures around his appearances.
—Curt Devine, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
The persecution worsened more than a decade ago during uprisings that remade the Middle East by toppling dictators — including Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak — but in some places spiraled into civil war.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Then tonsillitis spiraled into sepsis.
—Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiraled
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The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The angles of the rooms are all curved, and there’s a circular quality to the sets that gives the impression that nothing leads anywhere.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Sep. 2025
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The Evolv system was installed at Antioch High School in January as students returned to campus six days after a student opened fire in the cafeteria, fatally shooting one student and wounding another before fatally shooting himself.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Houthis confirmed Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a strike on the Yemeni capital Sanaa, which also left others seriously wounded.—
Eugenia Yosef,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Joveljic curled a low shot inside the near post and into the net.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
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Dante Sealy curled a free kick from the right half-space into the top right corner to tie the match at 1-1.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For loc’d and tightly coiled textures, where rinsing is more difficult, a detox is even more important.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside.—
Jonathan Hawkins,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The death of Banda Amidst the torrents, Arisu follows the sound of Usagi’s voice, as they are both swept towards a watery vortex that leads to the world of the dead.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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At least 27 campers and counselors from the all-girls summer camp were killed along the Guadalupe River when calamitous flash floods swept through the area on July 4.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Special teams needs to tighten the screws The Dolphins have made one special teams mistake per loss that turned the tide of the game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The bewildering story of John Bender, a young Wall Street genius whose dream of life in a mansion sanctuary in the Costa Rican jungle turned sour, is set to launch as a podcast.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Spiraled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiraled. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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