tailspin
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For policymakers, resilience reduces the risk that a rise in borrowing costs to contain a pickup in inflation will send the economy into a tailspin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Many families also said that they had been thrown into a tailspin, trying to arrange for weeks of childcare to cover the early finish.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Its after-effects have derailed her life, and an unexpected email invitation to attend a retirement party in France honoring her former lover sends her into a tailspin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
The return of market volatility or a technological setback could immediately send the stocks into a tailspin.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
When I slid on the lid, it went into a tailspin, throwing itself against the glass over and over with pops and clicks, reminding me of the hail that landed sometimes on the windows.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Others simply met the moment of need, fundraising for charity and keeping spirits up while artists and fans alike tailspinned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
Rated a red-hot pennant contender in spring training, once the season got under way the Giants tailspinned into an eleven-game losing streak.
From Time Magazine Archive
A devastating winter storm that blasted the country just before Christmas sent holiday plans tailspinning into chaos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
The economy is tailspinning, millions of citizens have been told to shelter in place, and your best defense is a bar of soap.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2020
Then again, that was against Toronto, the same tailspinning team on which the struggling Gaborik fattened his scoring totals last week with a four-goal game.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2011
Seven were German planes, nine U. S. The shooting, tailspinning and climbing lasted two hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet not even the acclaim of history's most extensive cutback in nuclear missiles could compensate for an economy tailspinning into chaos.
From Time Magazine Archive
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