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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 spiraling
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Still annoyed, weirdly offended, and slightly spiraling.
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Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
6 Apr. 2026
Violent confrontations targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota are being driven by outside actors exploiting chaos, not organic protest, according to a protest insider warning that the situation is rapidly spiraling.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Demonstrations broke out over the near-collapse of the rial and spiraling economic conditions but grew to become a larger movement against the regime.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
In our seminar, Bolin later showed a visualization of 3I/ATLAS's orbit around the galaxy — no neat ellipse, but rather a looping, spiraling path distorted by encounters with gas clouds, spiral arms and dark matter.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
2 Dec. 2025
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Gas and dust spiraling inward form an accretion disk that can reach millions of degrees, emitting enormous amounts of radiation before crossing the event horizon.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
Meanwhile, industry people point out that demand is spiraling up quicker than TSMC’s capacity to max fabs.
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John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Starmer’s attempt to tackle Britain’s spiralling benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPs.
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Ian King,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Pandoras box is now open in a way that only movies depicted, and the situation is already spiraling.
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Joel Feder,
The Drive,
24 June 2026
Back at home, Pharis started spiraling.
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Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Yurich traces Eddie’s spiraling loss of control and his lurch into self-harm with raw feeling, and both writer and director take risks with a final act that can be interpreted as a victory but never glosses over the tremendous physical and emotional cost.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Inflation has caught up with book publishing Hardcover books now cost $30 and up, with special editions even higher, as publishers raise prices to keep up with spiraling input costs.
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Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Adjective
The basic idea is that when anxiety spikes, pulling out a few sensory-engaging items can stave off panic by interrupting spiraling thoughts.
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Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Still annoyed, weirdly offended, and slightly spiraling.
—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
6 Apr. 2026
Violent confrontations targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota are being driven by outside actors exploiting chaos, not organic protest, according to a protest insider warning that the situation is rapidly spiraling.
—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Demonstrations broke out over the near-collapse of the rial and spiraling economic conditions but grew to become a larger movement against the regime.
—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
In our seminar, Bolin later showed a visualization of 3I/ATLAS's orbit around the galaxy — no neat ellipse, but rather a looping, spiraling path distorted by encounters with gas clouds, spiral arms and dark matter.
—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
2 Dec. 2025
Verb
Anderson Daniel Salcedo Lozano, 22, grew up amid the chaos of the Maduro years, which were marked by long lines for bread and medicine, rising infant mortality, spiraling inflation and the violent repression of protests.
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Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Gas and dust spiraling inward form an accretion disk that can reach millions of degrees, emitting enormous amounts of radiation before crossing the event horizon.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
Meanwhile, industry people point out that demand is spiraling up quicker than TSMC’s capacity to max fabs.
—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Starmer’s attempt to tackle Britain’s spiralling benefits bill was thwarted by his own MPs.
—
Ian King,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Pandoras box is now open in a way that only movies depicted, and the situation is already spiraling.
—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
24 June 2026
Back at home, Pharis started spiraling.
—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Yurich traces Eddie’s spiraling loss of control and his lurch into self-harm with raw feeling, and both writer and director take risks with a final act that can be interpreted as a victory but never glosses over the tremendous physical and emotional cost.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
Inflation has caught up with book publishing Hardcover books now cost $30 and up, with special editions even higher, as publishers raise prices to keep up with spiraling input costs.
—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiraling
Adjective
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At that time, researchers identified a plasma spiral roughly 1,000 kilometers wide that hovered above the North Pole for nearly eight hours.
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Even so, her spiral downward to near death before ending up in treatment is ridiculously, gloriously brisk.
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While there are some hills, the focus is on enjoying the forests, farmhouses, and long, winding descents rather than chasing summits.
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Install Paths Make your shade garden accessible with a winding path of pavers, tree disks, stone or wood chips.
Adjective
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However, the situation for gas giants is somewhat more complicated because of their swirling atmospheres.
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Scrape banana cream mixture on top of cake and spread out until nearly to edges, swooping and swirling decoratively.
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Joe Kramm | Courtesy of Francis Interiors The gold background is a spread of bold graphic lines, undulating shapes and coiling circular motifs, referencing the work of French artist, sculptor and designer Jean Dunand (1877–1942).
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Receiving a ball punched out of Tunisia’s area, the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder took one touch to knock it into space, before coiling his diminutive frame behind a fierce shot that fizzed and curled into the net.
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The main performance is scheduled to include aerial acrobatics, bondage, burlesque and drag performers from groups such as The Dragonettes, AKArts Collective and others with hypnotic live looping and vocal music from Morgan Sorne.
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Tight baseline battles, pressure from Shelton and counterattacks from Ruud, using the violent topspin of those big looping forehands.
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Another great attempt by Cabral, another curling effort on a free kick, forced a remarkable save from Martínez to keep holding on to the one-goal lead.
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This five-in-one gadget is for all your hair-curling and smoothing needs.
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The tracks where the train derailed are on a curving section of a bridge over the Grand Calumet River.
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The innovative Panoramic Display consists of a 48-inch screen curving from door to door along the base of the windshield.
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“Spiraling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiraling. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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