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The union’s membership would spiral downward until Chávez’s death, at 66, in 1993.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In a Foreign Policy essay last week, former Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid defines the central problem in Europe, plausibly but rather too vaguely, as “intergenerational hopelessness” and a downward spiral of economic expectation.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Equities sank in Asia Thursday as tech firms resumed their downward spiral following a mixed bag of earnings from Wall Street titans, while sentiment was also soured by another spike in oil prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Flynn Martin knows what it is like to be sucked into an algorithmic spiral.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

I grab the spiral notebook off of my desk.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Roll it out cinnamon-roll style, spread with cream cheese, Parmesan, herbs and hot giardiniera, then coil, slice and nestle the spirals together in a buttered skillet.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Researchers have uncovered a surprising side effect of artificial lighting: ordinary streetlights can lure thousands of tiny land dwelling isopods into giant synchronized "death spirals."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

When Bear begins to pull away from the intense devotion he engineered, Nikki’s behavior spirals out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

I reached across her and turned to a map of Greece, even more clustered with spirals and numbers.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

After that, he said, his mental health spiraled.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Material pulled from the star formed a disk around the black hole and became intensely hot as it spiraled inward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

A similar reactor project in South Carolina was abandoned in 2017 after costs spiraled past $9 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

But where other artists might have spiraled, White and his compatriots transcended, turning inward while also looking to the stars.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

The winged centipede spiraled out the door above the other scrambling creatures.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Sanchez left Cuba in 2019 as the island spiralled into economic collapse and illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Amy Hunter top-scored with 39 but no Irish batter was able to score at a strike-rate above 100 and the run-rate spiralled beyond their grasp, as Mady Villiers and Lauren Filer took three wickets apiece.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The campaigns come one year after protests over lavish perks for lawmakers spiralled into general anti-government anger -- Indonesia's biggest unrest since President Prabowo Subianto took office in 2024.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Sourcing some additional fans might feel like a relatively minor cost overall, but for those hosting, catering and supplying weddings, the financial impact of coping with this summer's heatwaves have spiralled.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Fish spiralled down towards it until a shark’s long grey shadow cut across its path and it vanished.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

It’s even visible looking at this year’s team that’s currently spiraling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

And now a global energy mess is spiraling and ensnaring more countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Their stock prices have been plunging for months, as the war in Iran has sent inflation and mortgage rates spiraling upward.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

In satellite images nor'easters can look strikingly like a hurricane, with spiraling clouds forming over the ocean that span hundreds of miles of coastline.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It’s draped over everything in the gym, even spiraling up and down the climbing ropes.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

These demonstrations are often triggered by spiralling living costs, deteriorating public services and a sense of powerlessness people feel over their own lives.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

But the law has not stopped the spiralling prices and popular discontent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Among the issues dominating the election in 2026 were keeping young people on the island, the availability and cost of housing, wind farms, healthcare waiting times, and the impacts of spiralling expenses for small businesses.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ghana turned to the IMF amid spiralling debt, soaring inflation and a plunging currency, and subsequently secured a $3 billion programme in 2023.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Together they performed the peregrine courtship dance, swooping low, zooming high, then spiralling earthward.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George