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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
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
The Packers benefit from an early bye during Week 5 and get the spiraling Cincinnati Bengals at home in two weeks.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 30 Sep. 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
But poverty, crime, old friendships, loyalty and love threaten to drag McCoy spiraling into darker and more desperate circumstances.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Part of her front layers were brushed out of the updo, spiraling along the side of her face.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
But brood about this one and all of a sudden your season is in danger of spiraling downward, one loss having the potential to damage you this coming week and the next one and maybe the one after that.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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
The Packers benefit from an early bye during Week 5 and get the spiraling Cincinnati Bengals at home in two weeks.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 30 Sep. 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
But poverty, crime, old friendships, loyalty and love threaten to drag McCoy spiraling into darker and more desperate circumstances.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Part of her front layers were brushed out of the updo, spiraling along the side of her face.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
But brood about this one and all of a sudden your season is in danger of spiraling downward, one loss having the potential to damage you this coming week and the next one and maybe the one after that.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiraling
Verb
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Thake took a long and winding trip down the memories of South Yorkshire football, a path which eventually led him to the living room of a shy, almost reclusive Rotherham man called Terry Moran.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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In winter, there’s a free SPOT mountain shuttle that runs up the winding road to Schweitzer from Sandpoint’s Red Barn Park & Ride lot.—
Laura Beausire,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The resulting look was a volume-packed, fluffy head of tiny spiral curls that could be dramatically teased.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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But a new study points in a different direction, linking them instead to superwind outflows from spiral host galaxies.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The eclipse maximum This magnificent view of the sun's disk was captured minutes after the local eclipse maximum, when 70% of the solar surface surface was hidden by the curving expanse of the moon in the skies above Dunedin in New Zealand.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Now operated by the 3rd generation of the Scott family, who still cook burn-barrel style on big cinderblock pits under the curving metal roof of the pit house.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Stocked with swirling synths and a driving bass line, the song sounds custom made for roller rinks in the ‘70s, but is equally irresistible today.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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