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or spiralling
as in winding
to follow a circular or spiral course
a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit
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Recent Examples of spiraling
Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The Palestinian poet and scholar Mosab Abu Toha, who received a 2025 Pulitzer Prize for his New Yorker essays about Gaza, wrote in June about the spiralling humanitarian crisis.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Unlike Hamlet’s noblewoman Ophelia, whose plight in a patriarchal society finds her powerless, spiraling into madness and leads to her tragic end by drowning, Swift’s Ophelia triumphs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
Younger testers appreciated the creative putt-and-play system, from bouncing the marble off rocks to spiraling it into fences and bridges.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The Cleveland Browns’ list of starting quarterbacks since 1999 grows to 41, bye weeks begin, the Baltimore Ravens are spiraling, Josh Allen eyes history, and the Dallas Cowboys face a must-win.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
President Vladimir Putin had pledged not to raise taxes before 2030, but spiraling military and security expenditure — and reduced income from oil thanks to sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries — have hit Moscow’s exchequer.
—semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Without it, his country would have continued spiraling into a deep pattern of revenge.
—Mark Waller, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
One man will not be moved physically, the other not emotionally; de Bankolé’s soft, stoic poise and Dillon’s gruff, spiraling bluster are likewise at odds.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Seattle brought in closer Andrés Muñoz to keep the game from spiraling out of control, something that could work in the Tigers’ favor for Game 4.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The Palestinian poet and scholar Mosab Abu Toha, who received a 2025 Pulitzer Prize for his New Yorker essays about Gaza, wrote in June about the spiralling humanitarian crisis.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Unlike Hamlet’s noblewoman Ophelia, whose plight in a patriarchal society finds her powerless, spiraling into madness and leads to her tragic end by drowning, Swift’s Ophelia triumphs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
Younger testers appreciated the creative putt-and-play system, from bouncing the marble off rocks to spiraling it into fences and bridges.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The Cleveland Browns’ list of starting quarterbacks since 1999 grows to 41, bye weeks begin, the Baltimore Ravens are spiraling, Josh Allen eyes history, and the Dallas Cowboys face a must-win.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
President Vladimir Putin had pledged not to raise taxes before 2030, but spiraling military and security expenditure — and reduced income from oil thanks to sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries — have hit Moscow’s exchequer.
—semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Without it, his country would have continued spiraling into a deep pattern of revenge.
—Mark Waller, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
One man will not be moved physically, the other not emotionally; de Bankolé’s soft, stoic poise and Dillon’s gruff, spiraling bluster are likewise at odds.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiraling
Verb
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Much of route 395 is a two-lane highway and includes 200 miles through towns with stoplights and/or winding mountain roads.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The winding drive on Arizona 89A through Oak Creek Canyon became our first state highway designated as an official scenic road for good reason.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As their schemes spiral, father and son are forced into an uneasy alliance to save the family from total implosion.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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Kids ages three and up will love all the special touches such as a huge three-story spiral slide, pool, dedicated pet area with its own slide and a working elevator.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to Einstein, massive objects shape the space around them, as their gravity bends space-time, curving paths of light rays near by.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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There was also the Capin — its surprising inspiration was the capybara, seen in its chocolate suede and golden braid motif on a curving open tote, offered in two sizes.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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Through the darkness and swirling mist, ghostly figures emerge from the looming ship.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Key qualities are the multicolor LED lights and sound machine functions (30 non-looping sounds, by the way).—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
18 Sep. 2025
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Following the close pass, 2025 FA22 will continue its 668-day looping path through the inner solar system that takes it well beyond the orbit of Mars.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Spiraling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiraling. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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