as in breakdown
a mental or nervous collapse
the pressures of his job nearly caused him to go into a tailspin
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Recent Examples of tailspin
Hollywood is in a tailspin, but that’s not an industry that most people care about outside Southern California.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
And although the 49ers had myriad problems last season, their backup situation with Brandon Allen and Josh Dobbs wasn’t going to pull the team out of their tailspin.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Not so lucky was Roy Wilson, a veteran of over 65 aerial sequences, who was killed during the filming of Columbia’s War Correspondent (1932) when his plane went into a tailspin at 2,000 feet and cracked up on the ground.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
If that much oil supply was disrupted, prices would easily soar above $100 a barrel and the global economy would go into a tailspin.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
And although the 49ers had myriad problems last season, their backup situation with Brandon Allen and Josh Dobbs wasn’t going to pull the team out of their tailspin.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Not so lucky was Roy Wilson, a veteran of over 65 aerial sequences, who was killed during the filming of Columbia’s War Correspondent (1932) when his plane went into a tailspin at 2,000 feet and cracked up on the ground.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
If that much oil supply was disrupted, prices would easily soar above $100 a barrel and the global economy would go into a tailspin.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailspin
breakdown
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Read on for a breakdown of what else the bill has in store for higher ed.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Officials did not provide a breakdown of casualty figures.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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“Tailspin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailspin. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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